The Charity Commission is consulting on the clarity of draft revised guidance for charity trustees about adopting a responsible, ethical approach to investing their charity’s funds
The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into the Howletts Wild Animal Trust over serious concerns about the charity’s governance and financial management, while it is also examining the Aspinall Trust
The Charity Commission has disqualified the former trustee of an educational charity over his involvement in the transfer of large sums of charity money that remain unaccounted for
The Charity Commission has launched a campaign aimed at helping trustees refresh their knowledge of charity governance and be ‘certain in uncertain times’
The Charity Commission has published a highly critical report on the activities of two people who raised around £200,000 for Rohingya refugees, after an inquiry found they could not show how all funds were used
Action Fraud, the Charity Commission and the Fundraising Regulator are warning the public to remain vigilant when making charitable donations this Christmas
The former manager and a former trustee of a Birmingham rehabilitation charity have been disqualified, after a Charity Commission inquiry identified serious financial failings, including an unauthorised payments and unmanaged conflicts of interest
There are calls for the government to introduce a new special charity VAT rate on purchases, after a study found charities miss out on almost £2bn a year on irrecoverable VAT
The Charity Commission has disqualified the founder of Kenya Community Support Network (KCSN) after finding he used the charity to provide significant financial benefits to him and his family
A Charity Commission inquiry has strongly criticised a poverty relief charity after its founding trustees failed to manage conflicts of interest, and unauthorised payments were made to a trustee
Charity trustees are being asked for their views on the charity accounting framework as part of an initiative to make the charities statement of recommended practice (SORP) easier to understand and to improve compliance
