6 November 2019
The latest addition of The Charity Commission News has recently been published on the Gov.UK website, and emailed to the charity contacts as held on the register.
The newsletter is described as providing essential regulatory information that charities need to be aware of, and it recommended that it is read by all Trustees. It also helps to highlight the topical issues affecting the sector, and those matters of current concern to the regulator.
Charity Commission News: Issue 64, published 15 October, includes short articles on the following (with links to more detailed advice):
- responsibilities around political campaigning
- getting ready to submit your charity annual return
- improvements to reporting charity fraud and working to prevent it
- preparing your charity for Brexit
- safeguarding and protecting people
- updated guidance on independent examination of charity accounts
- reporting of related party transactions in charity accounts
- how to get help for an inactive or ineffective charity.
As advisers to the sector we ensure that we are familiar with these issues, and share this knowledge and experience with our charity and not-for-profit clients.
We would however also recommend that charities incorporate the Charity Commission News into their compliance and governance framework; perhaps including the review of the latest addition as a recurring meeting agenda point. There are generally three issues of the newsletter each year (although described by the Commission as quarterly!), so it can provide a practical and convenient way to help Trustees meet their compliance responsibilities.
If you would like to discuss any of the contents of the recent Commission newsletter, please contact me or your nearest UHY Charity and Not-for-Profit expert.
Alternatively, you can read more about the services we provide to charities here.
