Finance | Charity guidance for trustees on grant-making as sector squeezed

Charity Commission issues totally refreshed guidance to help charity trustees improve the way they make grant-making decisions and improve due diligence checks 

4 Jun 2026

Finance

Financial Reporting

Charities

Finance | Football trustees ‘fell dismally short’ in £2.5m charity inquiry

Trustees of Professional Footballers’ Association Charity transferred £1.9m in funds to union ‘without adequate explanation or governance’, regulator says 

19 May 2026

Finance

Financial Reporting

Charities

Finance | Care group owing £1.5m tax bill collapses

Administrators appointed at disabled care group as failed to pay over two years of PAYE and national insurance as regulator probes connected party transactions

9 Apr 2026

Finance

Charities

Finance | Shift to XBRL as free accounts filing software from HMRC ends

HMRC updates guidance for UK businesses on mandatory use of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) data format to use for future filing of accounts

8 Apr 2026

Finance

Financial Reporting

Accounting Standards

Charities

Finance | Surrey charity probed over £900k family loan

Charity Commission opens investigation into the Allen Trust over loan to trustee’s son along with ‘other serious financial concerns’

17 Mar 2026

Finance

Charities

Tax | Major changes to charity tax relief rules to stop tax avoidance

Overhaul of tax relief for charities from April to stop tax avoidance will see tougher rules on tainted donations, approved charitable investments, and income from donations in wills

6 Mar 2026

Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Finance

Charities

Finance | Philanthropy at work: setting up a corporate foundation

Lucy Mantella, principal, corporate clients at the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) explains the practical steps, benefits and alternatives for businesses considering setting up a corporate foundation to make their charitable giving more effective

13 Feb 2026

Finance

Corporate Governance

Charities

Finance | 51% jump in charities filings accounts late

Drop in funding leaves more charities in uncertain financial position with experts warning late account filing soared in last financial year, raising a ‘red flag’ for donors

27 Jan 2026

Finance

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

Charities

Finance | Watchdog investigates training charity over asset sale

Charity regulator opens inquiry into City and Guilds of London Institute over trustee governance and bonus payments related to seven figure sale of vocational training arm

14 Jan 2026

Finance

Charities

Finance | Changes to charity accounting rules come into effect

Accounting rules for charities updated to reflect new revenue recognition and lease reporting requirements under Charities SORP 2026, and new income tiers

5 Jan 2026

Finance

Financial Reporting

Accounting Standards

Charities

Finance | Blackpool foodbank investigated over missing accounts

Since it was set up in 2020 Lancashire based foodbank failed to submit any accounts, leading to a Charity Commission investigation

11 Dec 2025

Finance

Charities

Finance | Audit threshold for Scottish charities raised to £1m

Scottish charities are set to benefit from changes to legislation which will raise the audit income threshold from £500,000 to £1m almost immediately

12 Nov 2025

Finance

Financial Reporting

Auditing

Charities

Finance | Charity accounting overhauled in shift to proportionate approach

Changes to accounting rules in Charities SORP 2026 reflect more proportionate approach to charity financial reporting with a new tier based system based on annual income 

3 Nov 2025

Finance

Financial Reporting

Charities

Finance | Manchester Pride collapses leaving artists unpaid

Organisers of Manchester Pride enter voluntary liquidation with thousands in unpaid bills for artists and suppliers, blaming rising costs and falling ticket sales at one of the UK’s largest LGBTQ+ events

24 Oct 2025

Finance

Charities

Finance | No more directors’ reports for SMEs, says chancellor

In a bonfire of regulations, chancellor Rachel Reeves plans sweeping changes to corporate reporting requirements for small to medium sized businesses to cut ‘pointless red tape’

21 Oct 2025

Finance

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

Charities