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The Fundraising Regulator has published findings from its investigation into Anaphylaxis UK, revealing significant breaches in how the charity handled donations to the Owen Carey Memorial Fund. The case centers on whether funds raised by the Carey family were properly restricted and used according to donor expectations, raising critical questions about transparency in charitable fundraising and the responsibilities charities have toward volunteer fundraisers.

The Fundraising Regulator has today published FAQs on its website about the new fundraising requirements of the Charities Act 2016 (the 'Act'), which come into force on 1 November 2016.

A memorandum of understanding signed by the Charity Commission and the Fundraising Regulator which 'provides a framework for closer working' between the two regulators.

The UK Code of Non-Broadcast Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing (the ‘CAP Code') is to be extended with effect from March 2011 so that it will apply to advertising and other marketing communications on an organisation's own website and other non-paid-for online space under the organisation's control.

In a bid to bridge public policy and private philanthropy, the UK Government has announced the formation of a new Office for the Impact Economy ('the Office')...

Lord Hodgson’s report, published in July 2012, made more than 100 recommendations, and the Cabinet Office’s response shows that the government intends to accept the vast majority.

The aim of Good Governance - a code for the Voluntary and Community Sector (‘the Code') was always to be of practical help to charities, assisting them in developing their own good governance code but recent responses to a consultation held concerning an updating and refreshing of the Code suggests it was not as widely known about as had been hoped.

Each month we look at how new charities and third sector bodies are set up. We collate this information into a graph to illustrate trends.

The traumatic conditions of 2008 and early 2009 were followed by a welcome and dramatic rally.

The consultation is a review of the procedures by which charities governed by Royal Charter and by Act of Parliament amend their governing documents.

With offices across the East of England, Ellisons Solicitors will be collecting donations for five foodbanks in Bury St Edmunds, Colchester, Chelmsford, Frinton and Ipswich.

Concern has been raised that the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill raises an automatic expectation that charities intervening in judicial review cases will pay the costs of other parties.

Welcome to The Legal Lounge, where you'll hear from Amanda and her team of lawyers from Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors talking about many aspects of law in England and Wales.

In his keynote speech to the Charity Law Association annual conference, Lord Hodgson said he expected the government’s response to his report on the operation of the Act by Christmas.

As the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Scheme) is winding down, HMRC's attention is increasingly turning to allegations of so-called unscrupulous employers committing 'furlough fraud'.

A Charity Commission-backed proposal to limit the Royal Albert Hall's trustees from profiting from selling their tickets to events will be considered by MPs following its approval in the House of Lords.

A new project has been announced recently – to develop The Charity Digital Code of Practice during 2018.