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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am the founder, volunteer CEO and trustee of a charity that has been working for five years and has been formally r...
Ocean King
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am a trustee of a dog rescue charity, I am really looking for advice on difficulties the charity is facing currentl...
Ocean King
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Hi, we are a small group of residents, (about 50). We have a chairperson, treasurer and secretary. How often do these people have to be re-elected? We are also having problems with the chairperson's...
Frances robb
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Looking for some governance advice! We are a small charity who run a community centre from the building that the loca...
Ocean King
Hi everyone! We have a new Trustee coming on board and they have a professional name that they prefer to use, and a legal name. This is absolutely fine in terms of day to day working and background c...
Hollie Felton
Hopefully someone can answer this? Gov.uk are emailing to say company directors and people with significant control (PSCs) to verify their identity under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency...
Charlotte Bilton
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We'd welcome any suggestions/advice on suitability of amendments, drafted using an old constitution to bring it up to...
Ocean King
I am planning to leave my charity and am in the process of handover notes and so on. I have come across the above forms on the Charity Commission site. I've never actually submitted these. all bar on...
Charlotte Bilton
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a new charity, set up in June 2024. The charity was established following the success of a podcast that had a...
Ocean King
Hello! I am just in the process of finalising the application to register my company as a CIC but have a few questions regarding the application process. If anyone could help, I would really apprecia...
Georgia Jarvis
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We're trying to update our performance dashboard, and wondered if anyone could advise which measures your Boards use...
Ocean King
How do you manage board members of a charity organisation who are consistently unavailable, considering you report to the board as CEO? Thank you
Joyce Agba
Hi All I am the founder of my CIC, an Independent qualified social worker and work part time for the NHS.  The CIC has been running for the past 5 years with me as the founder doing everything from A...
Doreen Hengari
Hello! I am just filling out the CIC36 Form and have some questions. Would anyone be able to advise on who to contact to get support in completing it/be able to offer any support themselves. Anything...
Georgia Jarvis
Hi everyone, I saw the post below about in-person safeguarding training but wondered if anyone could recommend any low cost online safeguarding training for our trustees - for charity working with vu...
Clare Brooks
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous:  Hi all! New to the community here! I'm writing as the Chair person to a small charity offering Early Years nursery p...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm new to this forum having only found it yesterday. I'm looking for a bit of advice and perhaps to hear other peopl...
Ocean King
Ideas? I have found myself in conflict with a fellow director. They have perpetrated a hate campaign in a small community, mainly because they have taken on too much work and their failings are being...
Tammi Dallaston
Hi New to the community so apologies if this should be elsewhere...I'm in the progress of inviting a new Trustee to the board and unfortunately unable to locate and existing paperwork/digital version...
Sean Curran
Does anyone have a basic Procurement Policy they would be willing to share please - it may cover simple service delivery for the charity eg working with partners to deliver elements of the charity's...
S R
Hi, all We are a small growing church Charity who have an opportunity to acquire a new premises, with a much greater capacity via a lease. This has prompted us to look into transferring from a uninco...
Des Duffy
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a charity that operates as a subsidiary within a wider group structure. There is one other charity within...
Ocean King
Hi folks! We are refreshing our strategy and looking for examples to give us inspiration.  Do you have a strategy you are exceptionally proud of? Or have seen one from another organisation which you...
Amy Walsh
Does the Charity Commission 'Guidance for charities with a connection to a non-charity' apply to  the relationship between registered charities that are acquired by (become a subsidiary of) an exempt...
Georgina Dawes
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are an unincorporated charity that owns a property registered with HM Land Registry. The legal title is still in t...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a small UK charity supporting disabled people. In just over two years, I’ve had five different line manage...
Ocean King
So my battles are over. I've had enough. As some of you may recall I've had to fight the Office Bearers in my little charity for recognition that all committee members were trustees. It took a month...
Peter Dun
Has anyone recently changed superadmin/main contact on the charity commission dashboard and did you have to upload a special resolution to do this? Online search gives both answers... "No, a formal...
Rachel Butt
Hi My organisation, The White Rose Forest, are currently a strategic partnership, part of Kirklees Council.  Our funding streams are changing over the next three years, we want to establish a charita...
Deb Clarke
Hi , I hope you're well.  I need your help. Someone changed my super admin contact from charity commission dashboard, without any formal notice or resolution. What kind of action can I take? Do you r...
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