Finance
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We've all seen it at this point, and we know it isn't the best news for charities. Here's my key takeaways from it: ➡️ Employer National Insurance set to raise to 15% next year. ➡️ No plans of debt...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: If you have started to develop a CRM to support small charities, but are being let down repeatedly by the dev team in...
Hi I am new to the charity sector and was hoping anyone could share a sample or a resource that can guide on necessary charity compliance in financial statements and tax filing. Any tips and resourc...
Can anyone recommend a free online booking system that could replace our manual taxi-ing system? We have volunteer drivers taxi local people to hospital,doctors,shops, etc. I envisage it being a 2 s...
Hi all, hoping someone out there may have done an excepted charity to CIO transition. We are a baptist church (excepted charity) moving to a new CIO model (association). The current body has trustees...
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Hi there! can we chat gift aid? A retired colleague has recently received a tax bill for gift aid - they had continued to financially support the charity post-retirement and appears their tax status...
Several websites focus on spreading good stories and inspiring journalism. Are there any other positive news websites or platforms you enjoy? I'm looking to expand my list beyond the usual ones like...
Governance
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The success of any charity hinges significantly on the quality and skills of its board members. These individuals are not just figureheads; they are the strategic brain trust that steers the organiza...
What is good practice for approving spends that meet the charity's aims? (Apologies if the terminology is incorrect) We are all volunteers and have committee meetings every 6 weeks or so and often t...
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Hi all Do you use a text messaging app or programme - like how GPs and dentists send you a text message with reminders and information? I am looking into this as a way to send reminders to clients/ca...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Just over six years ago I had a disagreement with a certain chairman of a well known charity, I was getting pushed ar...
I have been asked to help set up a local small charity that will raise around £20k per year through selling and fundraising etc so it is very small and the trustees are all family members, not open t...
I've been a trustee of my local PTA for a couple of years. As I have learnt more about the duties of being a trustee, the more I've become aware of the dysfunctionality of my charity's leadership. I...
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We are getting elderly people online and giving them a SIM loaded phone. We have no phones left, any ideas where we might source them? They do not have to be new. Tony
Has anyone used Pleo cards for their employee expenses? How's the experience been?
Hi all. We recently received a grant and are expected to complete an evaluation report regarding the project we undertook (therapeutic group work). I've personally never done one before - does anyone...
Hi Everyone! We would like to change our social media strategy. At the moment we use Facebook/Instagram, but we are considering adding additional ones... would TikTok work? would LinkedIn be better...
We are a new CIC in which we receive surplus food from reputable establishments, the produce is then turned into tasty meals to satisfy our community. We finally have been given the opportunity to u...
Hi - does anyone have any great tips or resources for understanding how to best target an audience when using paid ads? This is something we (National AIDS Trust) struggle with - our paid ads don't t...
Hello, I'm a Trustee at a charity and we need to recruit an interim CEO. Can anyone suggest the best way forward with this? We don't have a lot of money to spend on recruitment so any suggestions gra...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We have recently been asked to return funds for activities we completed. We have asked for the reasons of breach - th...
Hello CharityConnect, Around the lead up to Christmas, my fundraising team we get a lot of enquiries about what items to donate to our frontline teams, and how and when to donate items. This is from...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi, I’m looking for recommendations on platforms or services that can translate both incoming and outgoing communicat...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Has anyone ever been a CEO for an organisation where all the trustees have the same background? There is no diversity...
We're a small charity with a team of fabulous staff who all work remotely from home. Our website has been developed in WordPress, and members of the team can make edits/modifications but we feel we...
Good afternoon, My name is Lewis Ashdown and I am one of the directors for Great Yarmouth Arts Festival CIC. Something we are interested in looking into is the possibility of seeing if there is any g...
Hi everyone! We're a small charity working in Uganda. We currently use Google Drive for our file storage, but it's not working for us very well with our photo organisation. Does anyone have a good...
We are looking for a CRM for our charity .We have around 200 contacts ,30 donors and 200 client list .We are looking for something that is easy to use .We want to track membership payments ,Donors an...
If you prepare consolidated group accounts, do you need to show the consolidated group income or charity-only income figure in the CC Annual Return as it is not clear from the Notes.