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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: STRESSED !!!!!!!!!! How do you deal with a Trustee who disses your suggestions and gets every other Trustee to agree...
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
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
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
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...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Let's suppose that a Trustee presents fabricated information to the Board, and it has been proven to be fabricated an...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a small charity where half the board members have resigned. The three remaining members are all related (w...
Ocean King
Hi We have an ex Trustee who resigned from the charity in December 2023. This person has refused to hand over the website which they ran on behalf of the charity for many years. They will not return...
Richard Sharp
Hi We are a registered charity full daycare nursery run by trustees. It was taken over by the parents 10 years ago and the original trustees now want to step down and we want to make sure all the pap...
Mary Bruce
Good afternoon, I hope someone may be able to help with some information on updating our charity constitution. The charity was registered with the charity commission in 1981 and the type of registrat...
Christopher Reeve
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: If the Board of Trustees makes a decision on the basis of information provided by the Chair, is the whole Board liabl...
Ocean King
Hi Do trustees  take of the  chair person while more than half not agree with chair person? or Can the  chair person without return to trustees  do a conference for new trustee ?
John Matt
Hi, Please could any legal advisors come forward - there appears to be a huge lack of transparency and governance surrounding the recent events of a charity that I used to volunteer in.  This is an u...
Muhammad Sheikh
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