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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
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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
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I started working as a senior manager for a large registered charity (£16m turnover) about 3years ago. Around 8 month...
Ocean King
I have been trying to find a list of formal policies which a purely grant making charity should have or at least consider.  The Charity Commission has come up with the following.  Apart, possibly bec...
Edward Poyser
Hi everyone - we are at the start of the process to transition from a CIC (which we have been for 10 years) to a charity. If anyone has completed this process, I would love to know:  if there are th...
Amy Walsh
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'd like to get help in resolving a pressing matter with the community company I am involved in. But not sure how to...
Ocean King
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
Hi we've been running a NFP Ltd by guarantee company since 2010, found 2008. Our governing docs were written so that we could become a charity or CIC as we grew with a couple of tweaks. Due to variou...
Dawn Wood
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: STRESSED !!!!!!!!!! How do you deal with a Trustee who disses your suggestions and gets every other Trustee to agree...
Ocean King
Recently a funding proposal was circulated. It was to hire an ice cream van to hand out free treats to all of the kids at an end of term celebration.  As it was in the fallow time between meetings, w...
Peter Dun
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: There doesn’t seem to be an explicit power in the Foundation CIO Constitution, the Charity Commission template, for t...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: The landlord of our property would like to become a trustee as they value our charity. Has anyone else had any experi...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm thinking of taking on a CEO post the current CEO leaves in December. For 2024 show zero pounding and zero pound o...
Ocean King
The legislation concerning working with vulnerable groups in Scotland is changing at the end of this month. The scope of who needs to be checked is expanding to cover those "with power or influence"....
Peter Dun
Hi  I'm looking for any recommendations for consultants or experts in this field who would be able quote for a short term piece of work to analyse our policy review and sign off process. One of my ma...
Paul Ritchie
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am aware of a UK charity (limited by guarantee - CLG) that has been established solely to channel funds into a dire...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Would you take an executive directorship post in an organisation where there was no other senior management team?
Ocean King
I am currently the chair (volunteer) of a preschool, which is a registered CIO. I will be stepping down in the summer and we need to find someone to take over the role.  We have struggled greatly to...
Chelsea Groome
Hi, I'm interested in getting a Board Management System to hold agendas, minutes etc. all in one place.  The idea is that it would be easier for our staff team and for Trustees having everything in o...
David Partridge
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We're a non profit sports and social club. We're looking to appoint new trustees to the club after one of the existin...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm with a small membership charity that has a very old constitution with plans put forward by the committee to updat...
Ocean King
Morning, Our trustees have recently had a discussion about putting all our policies on our website so as to be open and transparent. We have around  40 policies covering everything from legally requi...
Gwen Lightfoot
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...
Joy Clay
I am about to submit my Charity registration form and one question that CC is asking is the question below.  Anyone who is experienced in answering this question please and what CC really want to hea...
Doreen Hengari
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have a couple of questions for recommendations around ways of working with a Board: 1. Board management platforms:...
Ocean King
I have just accepted a post of treasurer of a (locality) Community Partnership. I was approached via the county Voluntary Services, I knew of the organisation and of some of their local activities. I...
Peter Kearns
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a small charity. We had a new join CEO last year, who promised great things. They have come into post and...
Ocean King
Hi everyone, I'm working for a small charity which is registered with charity commission but unincorporated.  We currently have both trustees and wider membership as per our constitution.  We would l...
Becci Blues
Treasurer should step down late June and by that time all of our events will be complete bar a few payments in and out. Cash basis accounting so drawing up the bulk of the accounts to produce the fin...
Peter Dun
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