Companies House is to bring in changes to accounts filing from April 2028 – you can find out more from https://www.gov.uk/government/news/companies-house-to-bring-in-changes-to-accounts-filing-from-april-2028.
Charity Governance
How well does your Board understand fundraising?
At the opening session of Fundraising Convention, CIOF chief executive Katie Docherty was reported as suggesting that some charities were cutting their expenditure on fundraising over concerns that the return on investment was taking too long. Does your Board see fundraising as something that needs to be invested in, or as just a cost? Is […]
Is your AI rollout confused?
The BBC Tech article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74d1ydv01eo poses this question, and we wonder if you and your organisation has a clear policy on A good Gen AI policy can help with this, and it should be regularly reviewed as technology, and your use of it, changes.
Are you underinvesting in legacy fundraising?
According to the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s (CIOF) 2026 benchmarking survey, 37% of all voluntary income comes from gifts in wills, but charities are directing only around 15% of fundraising expenditure towards legacies. There may be several reasons for this, including the fact that legacy income can be uncertain in terms of the amount and […]
Personal code guidance updated
Companies House has just updated its guidance on how to use and manage the personal code you receive when you verify your identity for Companies House. As they move more services to the platform, this is a helpful reminder of what you need to do, and includes a short video. You can find out more […]