27 July 2020
On 20 July 2020, the Charity Commission published its business plan for 2020/21. In this particularly difficult time, the business plan reiterates its five key strategic objectives as follows:
- holding charities to account,
- dealing with wrongdoing and harm,
- informing public choice,
- giving charities the understanding and tools they need,
- keeping charity relevant.
The Commission has identified the following five deliverables for 2020/21 as part of its business plan:
- we have delivered improvements to the effectiveness of our regulatory work and have met our customers’ expectations
- we have made full use of our regulatory powers to protect what makes charity special, and developed proposals for new powers to address deficiencies in the current legal framework
- we have delivered/revamped core guidance and an improved website, making it easy for Trustees to access what they need
- we have defined the future relationship we will have with Trustees and have begun to build services to support them
- we have implemented our new organisation design and delivered the improvements in infrastructure that are required to enable us to deliver our strategy and purpose.
The business plan goes on to discuss how the above may be impacted by COVID-19, but it is nonetheless determined to continue with its plans despite the setbacks that the pandemic may bring.
Given the enormous strain affecting the sector, it is comforting to know that the regulator will continue to provide as much support to the sector as it can and that it will be allowed to deliver on its objectives.
You can find the detailed business plan here.
If you would like to discuss this further, please get in contact with Subarna Banerjee or your usual UHY adviser.
