1+ week, 3+ day ago   (433+ words) Lady Godiva in Coventry The Charity Commission has criticised the former trustees of the charity that ran Coventry’s “city of culture” celebrations in 2021 for their oversight of its finances. It found inadequate budgeting and financial planning during the Covid-19 pandemic,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (300+ words) A Scottish conservation charity has reported that its staff numbers fell by more than a fifth last year as an investigation into the organisation continues. In its latest accounts, the John Muir Trust, which looks after the summit of Ben…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (583+ words) The Charity Commission has confirmed an ongoing compliance case at an environmental charity, whose trustees it recently warned against publicly opposing a parliamentary bill that would change its governance. In a letter addressed to the trustees of the Malvern Hills…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (230+ words) Civil Society Media Your choice regarding cookies on this site - Investment Consultants Survey: Fund manager performance is worrying charities In August 2023, the Charity Commission issued an updated version of guidance on investing charity money (CC14). In it, the commission stated that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (289+ words) The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) doubled the amount it raised for its core costs last year as its overall income declined by £10m. In the year to March 2025, DEC began targeted fundraising specifically for its core costs, raising £300,000 in the first…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (365+ words) The Department for Education (DfE) is assessing concerns raised about a school-running charity under investigation over alleged links to Hamas. Earlier this month, the Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into the Al-Khair Foundation and restricted its spending as the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (392+ words) Official portrait of Nigel Farage Sector umbrella body NCVO has warned that Reform UK’s proposal to mandate welfare claimants to work for charities could create a “two-tier volunteering system”. This week, Nigel Farage’s party published its Welfare to Work plan,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (544+ words) Examples of bad actors using “increasingly complex methods” to attack charities are on the rise, the sector’s regulator has warned. The Charity Commission, in its second annual risk assessment, outlined a sustained increase of 29% in concerns raised about charitable status…...