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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...
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Good morning, Looking for some creative idea to help unify the team more. I'm looking for ideas to help empower the team to empower eachother. Liz
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
Hello Everyone,  I'm new on here, so forgive me if I'm asking something already covered. We are looking to recruit Trustees for our Council and are particularly mindful of the need for a diverse mix...
Karen Turner
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
I'm a co-founder and director of a CIC which is looking to change legal structure to a SCIO (we're in Scotland). Myself and my co-founder are paid for some of the work we do for the organisation. I k...
Louise Hastie
Hello, I’m about to become the first volunteer at a small community centre linked to local charities. At the moment, there are no existing volunteer policies or procedures, so my first task is to hel...
Marta Tomlinson
Hello. We are a board of three trustees, and we are in the happy position of having five people express an interest in joining our board of trustees. They would all appear to be excellent candidates...
Peter Lyster
Good afternoon all, hope you are doing well. I have a question - How to protect a charities name from others not using them? example same name in another country? Many thanks, Louis Maxwell
louis Maxwell
Dear All When completing an annual report, on the front page do I list our current charity office address and current names of trustees, or the address and names of trustees as were in place during t...
Shaun Higgins
Hi, Does anyone have any templates to use with onboarding new trustees please?   Many thanks, Sharon
Sharon Martin
Hi everyone,  I'm the founder of a small unregistered/unincorporated charity. We have just received restricted funding for a 1 year project,  which may require us getting registered.  I want to ensur...
Toluwatope Owoade
I am about to recruit new trustees to an existing charity and would appreciate help in knowing what trustees compliance documents need to be issued for their acceptance. Could anyone with recent expe...
TIM DUGGAN
Happy New Year All,  The Charity I work for is in the process of closing down, we are having various discussions about what or how we store electronic documents excl regulatory documents. Our current...
Genevieve Grimshaw
Hello, our charity is struggling financially and can no longer afford to pay staff. We have great volunteers and the previous CEO is continuing to do this work, though much less hours, as a volunteer...
Jamie Cresswell
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
Good morning, is anyone able to share their experience of this training and suitable providers?
Teri Parish
We have been treated harshly by the Charity Commission. We were very straight and honest from their visit, and provided all accurate and true information, but they decided to open up Statutory Enquir...
emad Al-Eabdi
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
Hi, I am one of 3 directors of a newly formed small CIC. We do not have share capital. When setting up the company we stated that there were no PSCs as the definitions given didn't seem to apply to o...
Wendy Harper
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
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