The Charity Commission has opened an informal consultation on its new draft guidance, ‘Managing conflicts of interest: a guide for trustees’.

Following a report by the NAO in 2013, the Charity Commission has acknowledged that its approach to tackling problems in charities in the past was at times too cautious, and that an improvement in the way it identifies and addresses deliberate abuse in charities is needed

The Commission has published the results of its consultation on the type of information collected on charities.

In July, the Commission updated its guidance on using e-signatures on certain financial reports. The update is in the latest version of the guidance CC15d: Charity reporting and accounting: the essentials.

Any charities or other non-profit bodies which carry out activities which are ‘cultural’, but which do not appear in the UK legislation should seek advice regarding their position.

Mountstar had appealed to the High Court over the Commission’s decision to open a statutory inquiry into the Cup Trust and to appoint an interim manger of the charity but the tribunal ruled that there was an overwhelming public interest in the Commission’s inquiry.

The UK government has laid an order before Parliament to increase several financial thresholds in the Charities Acts, following a consultation last year.

BBC Children in Need is collaborating with the City Bridge Foundation, Pears Foundation, The Hunter Foundation and the National Lottery Community Fund to launch a £15m...

The FRSB published its annual Complaints Report last month, which shows that are having to work harder than ever to raise funds.

The Fundraising Standards Board (the ‘Board’) did dismiss a number of other issues raised by the same complainant but found that WRVS’s explanation of the costs of the campaign was not clear enough.

Guidance from Fundraising Regulator on handling cashless donations

The Government announced in this year’s Budget that it would be introducing a new tax relief for private investment in social enterprise from 2014, which will complement other government initiatives aimed at helping social enterprises to grow and innovate.

If enacted in its current form, clause 32 of the Finance Bill 2015-16 (the '<strong>Bill</strong>') will remove corporation tax relief for costs incurred by a company in purchasing goodwill and other closely related assets (such as unregistered trademarks and mailing lists).

A public consultation on the Charity Commission endorsed Charity Governance Code has been launched by the Charity Governance Code Steering Group...

Following consultation, the Charities SORP Committee has announced that all charities are required to adopt a Statement of Recommended Practice based on the FRS 102 accounting standard.

The inquiry will produce definitive guidelines for charity trustees to help determine the remuneration of senior executives.

The Charity Commission has overhauled its website at a reported cost of £75,000, having sought extensive feedback from website users.

The penalty is the latest in a number of significant fines for public authorities and charitable organisations for serious data breaches.

Orlando Fraser has been appointed as Charity Commission chair for a three-year term, despite the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) parliamentary committee rejecting his appointment...

It is intended that the new guidance will give an overview of different fundraising techniques, principles of data protection and consent and good practice relating to donor care.