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Hi everyone, We have an interim Chair of Trustees, and have had Treasurer and Secretary roles in the past but are moving more to using AI (and checking it thoroughly) for our meeting minutes and shar...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Does anyone have any experience of including people with unspent convictions in leadership positions (not paid - as p...
How does the Charity Commission keep track of trusteeships? I have three, but on all their Trustee lists, my field for "Other trusteeships" is "None on record".
Stephen Meech
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm wanting some help as the current treasurer of an unregistered charity how do you leave and trust someone else who...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I wonder if anyone can offer any advise. We are unfortunately insolvent. All of our board have also just resigned. Th...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am about to takeover a charity with which I was formerly involved as a director some years ago. I wish to appoint n...
I took over as Operations Manager for a charity last November and need to have a better understanding of what the role of the Trustees actually is so that I know what I should be doing vs what I shou...
Genevieve Thompson
I would appreciate comments and thoughts, please. A charity I support has been discovered to have been operating for years with inquorate AGMs, by mistake and in good faith. This has created serious...
Graham Willcocks
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: A member of staff has made allegations about the way the charity is run. We do not know what the motivation is for th...
Ocean King
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...
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
Hello  Would anyone have a recommendation for a reasonable priced law firm to review articles of association please.  Thank you, Sandie
Sandie McBennett
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: With Directors having to verify ID for Companies House, I am finding it hard to get them to go through the online pro...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Are we required to have real ink signatures on trustee and AGM minutes? I think things have moved on for other commit...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Since taking over as Secretary a couple of years ago I have been working to clear up the mess left by my predecessor....
Ocean King
Hi,  We   a small charity, Sambhali UK, with three trustees, but I am the only active one. I have been diagnosed with terminal cancer and the other two trustees are not able to take on the financial...
Sarah Harrington
I have joined because I need urgent help and do not have the experience to deal with the situation that the charity I work for is about to face CLOSURE due to resignation of all Trustees and no new T...
Geraldine Roe
Could you please advise whether a small non profit charity with no employees, assets or property but we have volunteers, requires PL insurance.  If so, could anyone recommend affordable cover please...
Anonymous Anonymous
CC48 states that, at the beginning of a trustee meeting, the trustees should approve the last-meeting minutes. The chair should then sign the minutes and store them safely.  I have a few questions on...
Shaun Higgins
Bit of a weird question sorry but in the preamble for the existing Charity Scheme of my clients, the Scheme has a standard piece of text which says "In the matter of the Charities Act 1960."  I was j...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: For a number of years, the small charity for which I work has paid for a Christmas meal for the Trustees, staff and v...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our trustees have recently appointed a new clinical director. We are a counselling service supported 100% by grants a...
Ocean King
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: I am a trustee of a dog rescue charity, I am really looking for advice on difficulties the charity is facing currentl...
Ocean King
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
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
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...
Lauren Kinch
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
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
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