Business | 75% of businesses give nothing to charity

Charitable giving by businesses has dropped to £4.26bn in the last year, but a third of companies admitted they ‘didn’t really consider it’

12 Sep 2025

Business

Companies

Charities

Finance | Church investigated over ‘missing’ £290k from accounts

Southampton church and religious charity faces regulatory probe to examine what happened to nearly £300,000 in funds which are unaccounted for in financial records

18 Aug 2025

Finance

Charities

Business | Changes to data protection laws

The government has overhauled data protection legislation lifting restrictions on some automated decision making, charity emails and giving ICO more powers under DUAA

8 Jul 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Finance

Corporate Governance

Charities

Finance | Majority of charity trustees hired by word of mouth

Regulator calls on charities to improve trustee recruitment methods to open up opportunities to a more diverse candidate pool and improve governance standards

15 May 2025

Finance

Corporate Governance

Charities

HR

Work

Leadership & Management

Finance | Regulator clarifies charity trustee payment rules

The Charity Commission has updated the CC11 trustee guidance to make trustee payment rules clearer and easier to use as it finds majority of trustees are over 44 years old

30 Apr 2025

Finance

Financial Reporting

Charities

Business | £450k Gift Aid siphoned off African education charities

The director of four charities operating in East Africa have been hauled up by regulator over hundreds of thousands of pounds in missing Gift Aid transferred to his personal bank accounts

25 Apr 2025

Business

Called to Account

Finance

Charities

Business | Religious trustees banned after gold bullion recovered

A Catholic charity is being wound up after trustees wrongly claimed over £80,000 in Gift Aid tax relief and did not know about gold bullion stored with ‘unknown third parties’

7 Apr 2025

Business

Called to Account

Finance

Charities

Finance | Regulator investigates Prince Harry’s charity

The charity regulator has opened a regulatory probe to examine concerns raised about Prince Harry’s charity Sentebale

4 Apr 2025

Finance

Corporate Governance

Charities

Finance | Charity accounting SORP rules set for overhaul

The charity standard setters are consulting on significant changes to the Charity SORP, including leases, revenue recognition and ESG  

1 Apr 2025

Finance

Accounting Consultations

Charities

Finance | Scammers target charities with fake trustee letters

The Charity Commission has warned charities to watch out for fraudulent letters demanding the removal of trustees, as well as copies of ID and passport details

18 Mar 2025

Finance

Charities

Finance | Iraqi charity investigated over ‘high risk’ handling of funds

The charity regulator is investigating London based charity IWA over use of hawala non-bank settlements and use of personal bank accounts to transfer funds

31 Jan 2025

Finance

Charities

Finance | One in four charities fail to monitor financial reserves

RSM has found that 26% of charities have not reviewed their financial reserves policy in the last 12 months, putting their financial stability at risk

28 Jan 2025

Finance

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

Charities

Business | Former bank worker jailed for £50k Sikh youth charity theft

A sister and brother who ran Midlands based Sikh Youth UK group have been sentenced after after transferring charity funds to 50 personal bank accounts and lying to the charity regulator

13 Jan 2025

Business

Called to Account

Charities

Finance | Accountancy charity failed to file accounts for 1,000 days

The Charity Commission opened an investigation on 10 December into an accountancy charity for failing to submit accounts since 2020

10 Jan 2025

Finance

Charities

Finance | Regulator freezes bank accounts at quartet of religious charities

The regulator is investigating four religious charities after identifying risks related to their shared premises, trustees and founders, links to Barnabas Fund and possible flow of funds from the US

10 Jan 2025

Finance

Charities