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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We have just recruited our first ever CEO and I'm wondering what you might be able to share about the challenges - no...
Our application for CIO status has been denied The objection seems to be the charities reliance on 3rd parties that are not charities to provide many of the services. On the ground provision for the...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Could we appoint a non-UK citizen as our charity's Treasurer and Trustee? They have a visa and live in the UK.
Hi everyone! My organisation is looking for some good Leadership Training for a few team members. Does anyone have any recommendations for courses or providers? We're a relatively small org but grow...
I have just taken over a NPO which wasn't set up as a UCG but has been operating as such but without a board of trustees. I know I need a minimum of 3 people as trustees but the volunteers I have cur...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are writing a complaints policy that only applies to complaints against the CEO that can only be escalated to our...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Would it be a conflicted of interest if a chairperson of a charity trust elected his wife to join as a trustee ? Also...
I am starting an Unincorporated association (non-profit charity) initially with 3 trustees. I am the founder/trustee, and I will be working full-time when fully operational. I believe I can earn a sa...
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...
Hi everyone We're an unincorporated association that will be incorporating as a CIO soon. As a team of trustees we are geographically spread out and meet remotely. Charity Commission website states t...
Hello, I am in the process of starting a CIC, and currently on universal credit limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA), and the guy who I spoke to was absolutely useless. I'm not lookin...
Hi all, Im after some insight and advice about the above.We've been trying to recruit some new members of our Trustee Board. I've just been told by someone, with good experience, that the Secretary...
I'm Trustee to a small charity that has raised over £5000 last year so we need to apply to the charity commission. After a lot of research i think the CIO foundation model would be most appropriate b...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small charity who have a great manager but she is being constantly and necessarily undermined by our trustee...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have concerns with our current board of directors. My main concern is that i have lost faith in the directors of ou...
Hi there Please can anyone recommend some Trustee training both f2f and online - we want to put an annual programme in place for our Trustees (on 2 charities). Think Governance/Risk & Audit is firs...
I am supporting someone in formally setting up their organisation, and as part of it they need to recruit more people to join as Directors. They'd like to invite someone on board, but that person is...
Hi Quick query around whether a CIO has to put the same things in its letterheads / email footers as a charitable company do e.g. number, registration address etc or if as they aren't registered wit...
Hi, I'm a Change Manager currently working on an anti-racism programme. The discovery / design for this programme has taken quite a long time and for good reason, as our Subject Matter Experts have...
Our CIO AGM is due in September. It will be the first following initial registration so all trustees resign as a matter of course. As well as a trustee, I am the Treasurer and have recently taken ove...
Hi there, I have applied once to the charity commission to register as a CIO but they sent the application back and closed it as they said we are a Ltd company changing to CIO. To be honest their rea...
Hi All, I am seeking some pro bono legal advice with regards to the liability of trustees for debts. I have read relevant charity commission guidance on this point, which clarifies a lot of things, b...
I currently run an unincorporated association and in our constitution it allows people to apply as voting members outside of trusteeship, to hold trustees to account, etc. I understand this is also t...
Hello, I've been independently fundraising for those in need in West African countries, as well as the UK. Recently, I decided to formalise my efforts by registering my company with Companies House....
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small charity with families who attend a group session with their children. We also run an educational cours...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a Charity in Cornwall that runs a village hall based on a 1957 constitution. Unfortunately we cannot establish...
We are currently providing supported living to people with Mental health and special needs. We have struggled to access housing benefits as we are not social housing registered provider. We need help...
Good afternoon I'm finding the charity commission guidance on whether/when to register difficult to parse. It seems to suggest that instead of registering as a charity you can choose various other o...
Hi all, I founded a charity back in 2018 and until recently we've been entirely volunteer run. We've now got our first staff member on a freelance basis which is great, and they report into me. As t...
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