This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: The community space where we are working is being badly managed. The manager isn’t relaying important info to their b...
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...
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: I’ve been employed by the chairperson with the trustees agreement to project manage refurbing an 18th century cricket...
Hi, Just wondering if your Trustees use their personal/work email addresses or do they have organisation/charity email addresses set up? I can't seem to find any clear guidance or best practice. Than...
We have been recruiting new trustees to fill 5/6 trustee vacancies and have had an excellent response. Our new Chair is very keen to appoint more as co opted trustees but the maximum we can have is...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Can a chair be asked to step down by a member or all staff, if staff have little or no confidence in said person as c...
Can anyone recommend some of the benefits of a NCVO membership, please? Thanks, Fiona
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Is it okay for the chair persons wife to work on the charity trust accounts? Shouldn’t it be a trustees or a paid emp...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: My colleague and I are whistleblowers. We also have a grievance against a trustee. Yesterday, the trustees phoned us...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our chair person tends to make many decisions without consulting other trustees, this person is also a local councill...
Charity chaos: bullying swept under the rug and plans for unnecessary insolvency! (Anonymous post 🤫)
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am a Lead Manager at a charity where bullying has been allowed to go unchecked for months. It ended (or still conti...
What should be done if the Chair and top officers do what they like to do ignore the community members and waste charity money on unnecessary projects?
Hello 👋 I am after some advice. I founded my charity in September 2020 and became a Trustee. Last year due to funding & grants being hard to get as a small Charity I invested £60,000 into the cha...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Within limits, should board's aim to make their minutes as freely available as possible? In a recent conversation wit...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Other than not being disqualified to be a trustee our governing document does anyone have any guidance on who can and...
Using charitable funds to purchase shares in a local pub without financial advice (Anonymous post 🤫)
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Small charity (community hall) uses charitable funds to purchase shares in a Benefit Society (local pub). Doesn't app...
Hello, How mature is your organisation's risk and governance framework? I recently completed a pro-bono project for the CEO of a charity I connected with on this forum, and I would be happy to share...
We are a small UK registered educational charity that has a Community library and literacy outreach programme in the coastal area of Kenya. We collect donated children's books, ship them out for our...
I have recently taken over a charity with new trustees that was established 28 years ago. Over the years, this charity has helped thousands of people with their mental and physical wellbeing. It has...
I know it is good practice for trustees and senior managers to sign the Charity Commission Auto Disqualification Declaration annually. But is it also necessary to sign the Charity trustee: declarati...
I am thinking of joining an organisation as a new Director, but the organisation has a financial history in deficit before covid. They have some partnerships, but these are not well developed. What w...
Can someone who has donated a substantial amount to a charity (in the region of several hundred thousand pounds) join the charity as a trustee (in this a foundation CIO)? If the person does join, how...
I am in the process of wanting to wind up two somewhat defunct charities and forming a new C I O. Looking at what the Charity Commission require it appears to be a bit of a minefield and if I don't g...
Hello, we are in the process of planning the replacement for our current Chair of Trustees, who is looking to step down in the next 12 months. This Chair has been with the charity since it was founde...
Hello We want to embark on our first external Board Effectiveness Review. Any good consultants you have used for this exercise? Thank you
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: A charitable trust that I’m working with has received consent from the Commission to alter its governing document in...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Does anyone remember seeing the insightful ACEVO report In Plain Sight back in 2019. Yep, a million years ago. It rea...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Is there a source that compares charities in terms of staff, expenditure, etc.? For example, is there a source that c...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have discovered that I & several other parents have been added to an Early Years Charity as trustees, without conse...
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