Preventing and tackling charity fraud

Lessons from Charity Comm... A Charity Commission enquiry report is timely reminder of need for good governance, conflict of interest policy and to take professional advice in many instances see shorturl.at/ntJK7

Charity Fundraising Regul... The Fundraising Regulator has just set up its new website at www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk. It is due to start work this summer. It is the independent regulator of charitable

Charity Commission new gu... The commission has published new guidance for charity trustees about fundraising from the public, CC20. The guidance sets out 6 key principles to help trustees comply with

Prevention of fraud in a ... # Charities like other organisations regularly fall victim to frauds. A new website at http://charitiesagainstfraud.org.uk/ gives useful guidance to help prevent this Some tips to help reduce

Recruitment of new truste... In accordance with the Charities Act, an individual is currently prevented from acting as a charity trustee if they have an unspent conviction for an offence of

New rules disqualifying f... From 1 August 2018, new rules extend the criteria disqualifying certain individuals from acting as trustees or holding senior management positions in charities. The Charity Commission has

Charity Commission encour... For advice on how to safely donate to charities working to relieve the humanitarian crisis  in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe as result of Cyclone Idai go to

Prevention of fraud ̵... You can take this preventative action now:  make sure charity software has up-to-date virus protection (though it will not always prevent you from becoming infected) 

Changes to annual return ... The Charity Commission has made a number of amendments to the content of the annual return for 2018 (AR18), after an extensive consultation with charities throughout the

Charities and Brexit The charity sector is expected to lose £200k as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Union from grants and contracts from Europe. There will