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Charitable Schools - News Speed-Read

Friday, 20 January 2017

A round up of recent news relevant to your school, including serious incident reporting, small charitable donations, the Autumn Statement and SORP.

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Charity News Speed Read - December 2016

Friday, 13 January 2017

A round up of recent charity news, including serious incident reporting, small charitable donations, the Autumn Statement and SORP.

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Articles & Blogs Charities

Help for Heroes Trustees Praised for Willingness to Improve Charity's Governance

Friday, 13 January 2017

Help for Heroes is a well-known national charity, which supports wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, veterans and their families.

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What Trustees can Learn from the Commission's Inquiry into Durand Education Trust

Friday, 13 January 2017

The Charity Commission's inquiry report on the Durand Education Trust contains some important lessons for other charities, particularly those with related entities, such as academy trusts and trading companies.

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Articles & Blogs Charities

A New Investment Vehicle for Charities

Friday, 13 January 2017

October saw the launch of the Charity Authorised Investment Fund (CAIF) structure, a new pooled investment vehicle specifically for charities.

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The Ever-Changing Fundraising Landscape

Friday, 13 January 2017

Fundraising has remained a hot topic in the charity sector, with attention from regulators and the media being devoted to charity fundraising practices.

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Safeguarding - What Charities Should Know

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Safeguarding duties affect a broad range of charities - make sure you know what your duties are

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Charity News Speed Read - September 2016

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Bite-sized charity news, including public warnings and the new fundraising regulator

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Useful Lessons from the Charity Commission

Thursday, 15 September 2016

We reveal lessons from recent reports, including the importance of financial resilience and careful management of conflicts of interests, and an almshouse charity successfully updating its governing document by scheme

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Articles & Blogs Charities

Social Investment - New Power or Trap for the Unwary?

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Why charities need to understand what a social investment looks like

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Articles & Blogs Charities

Useful Reminder on Annual Leave Entitlement and Periods of Sickness

Thursday, 15 September 2016

What happens if a worker is unable to use their annual leave owing to sick leave?

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News Charities

Charity Specialist Joins VWV

Monday, 09 October 2017

Charity specialist and Partner, Paul Voller, has joined our leading Charities team from Bircham Dyson Bell, where he has been a Partner for the last 18 years.

Simon Heald and Paul Voller
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Articles & Blogs Charities Employment Public Sector

Consultation on Taxation of Travel and Subsistence Payments

Friday, 09 October 2015

HMRC has published a discussion paper on the taxation of travel and subsistence payments.

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Regulatory Action by the Charity Commission - What Can You Learn From It?

Friday, 01 July 2016

We round-up some recent Commission inquiry reports and the lessons to be learned

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Articles & Blogs Charities

Companies Annual Return to be Replaced with a 'Confirmation Statement'

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Following changes introduced by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, all companies (including charitable companies) will be requiredto a file a 'confirmation statement' at Companies House in place of an annual return.

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