Who can I speak to about major governance concerns in a charity? (Anonymous post 🤫)
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Load more responsesAre you confusing "trustees" with "volunteers/supporters"?
" Trustees might be told that they should not interfere in day to day operations. You should allow staff and volunteers to carry out any functions that have been delegated to them. But you and your co-trustees must be able to ensure that delegated authority is being properly exercised, through appropriate monitoring and reporting procedures (and, where appropriate and possible, independent checking)." In other words - the primary function of trustees - as set out in the official guidance - is to ensure that the governance of the charity is in good order while leaving the management of the charity to other volunteers and paid staff. Unfortunately, the fact that the substantial majority - ie: ca.85% - of "smaller" charities have annual incomes less than £250K and, therefore, most can't afford a CEO and lots of paid admin staff doesn't seem to have come to the attention of the bureaucrats who write the guidance primarily for the minority 15% of charities who can.
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