The Charity Commission has increased the number of questions on the 2023 Annual Return to give more insight into potential risk areas across the sector

Sayer Vincent’s Fleur Holden and Vivien Ma explain how to create an excellent annual report that brings your charity accounts to life

The Charity Commission plans to launch My Charity Commission Account, an online service for trustees, managers and accountants

A finance manager at Wessex Cancer Trust stole almost £94,000 from several of the charity’s bank accounts

The cost of living crisis should be a prompt for charities to strengthen fraud procedures, explains Arlene Clapham, risk and assurance manager at Sayer Vincent

Staff at accountancy firm Hurst have raised more than £13,000 for Willow Woods Hospice, based in Greater Manchester

The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into My Space Housing Solutions to investigate potential conflicts of interest and possible mismanagement of funds

A former charity trustee has been told to repay £117,000 after misusing the funds to finance the construction of a 120-foot dragon statue which was never built

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the pensions industry have joined forces to improve diversity and inclusion across trustee boards

Living in a digital world has been a learning curve for many businesses and charities are no exception. Blandy & Blandy’s Jeanne Koua discusses the factors charities need to consider when receiving NFT and cryptocurrency donations

HMRC has clarified the definition of business activities for VAT purposes for charities and the two-stage test

Given the challenging economic environment, it is good practice for charities to regularly question the status quo and discuss alternative structures, explains Ross Palmer, senior tax manager, Sayer Vincent