Should our charity register with the Charity Commission?
Our CEO is receiving really close to the £60k and I been trying to suggest that register in the Charity Commission, but I am having push backs form the Board. What should I do?
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Can people with unspent convictions join a charity committee?
Does anyone have any experience of including people with unspent convictions in leadership positions (not paid - as part of a voluntary management committee) in a charity? Our charity works with many...
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What do we need to do if our charity is insolvent and the board has resigned?
I wonder if anyone can offer any advise. We are unfortunately insolvent. All of our board have also just resigned. This has been reported to the charity commission. Is there anything that I need to...
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How can non-UK resident trustees verify their identity with Companies House?
I'm looking for some advice regarding identity verification for Companies House. Some of our trustees (who are the directors of our charity) are non-UK residents, based overseas and do not have biome...
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Concerns about governance and conflicts of interest in a small youth theatre charity
I am a trustee of a small youth theatre charity run by one paid individual, supported mainly by volunteer parents of participants. I am concerned about a lack of objectivity and oversight. The founde...
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What can we add to the model CIO association constitution to enable online general meetings and members voting via a website? I am surprised the model constitution still does not cover these. I suspe...
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...
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".
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hello Would anyone have a recommendation for a reasonable priced law firm to review articles of association please. Thank you, Sandie
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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