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Hi everyone. Has anyone noticed the rise in people signing up for challenge events and not doing anything with fundraising? What has been your most effective way of engaging with these participants...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Since taking over as Secretary a couple of years ago I have been working to clear up the mess left by my predecessor....
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am acting as the Company Secretary for a small charity. It was not run correctly and we had to get it restored and...
We are a small CIO charity, registered with HMRC. We support young disadvantaged people in London to build careers in the arts by providing grants and mentoring. Our income is from one-off and monthl...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a community counselling service, we have some times where our rooms are not in use. We would like to rent them...
Our organisation has really been hit by Covid and for last few years our income has been under £10,000 but for 2024/25 it's gone upto £12,000. Really confused about the requirements for annual report...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small scientific charity that has a long running program providing workshops on our area of research. These...
Hi there, we own the building that we operate out of and are hoping to lease it out to another charity (or a tenant in general). It has been on the market now for a while and are looking for any advi...
Hi, We a small charity, Sambhali UK, with three trustees, but I am the only active one. I have been diagnosed with terminal cancer and the other two trustees are not able to take on the financial...
I have joined because I need urgent help and do not have the experience to deal with the situation that the charity I work for is about to face CLOSURE due to resignation of all Trustees and no new T...
My daughter runs a CIC and has just submitted her first annual report and accounts. She has had feedback to say that her Annual report does not meet the requirements in several regards. She had suppo...
Does anyone have good experience of looking for media, comms and social media volunteer support for a small charity. Where to find good people (we are in Mid Sussex), how best to find them? what is t...
Hello, I've inherited a phone system that costs over £700 per quarter when all we need to do is make and receive calls, in two offices (each with their own phone number). I want to keep our phone num...
I'm hoping someone can help clarify something about Unincorporated Associations. The Government website states that your profit must not be more than £5000, other websites say you must not exceed £50...
We are looking to set up a CRM for a start-up charity. I would be grateful for any personal recommendations based on affordability and ease of use. I know there are some free versions but not sure ho...
Question: Hi all, I’m thinking about running a simple prize draw as a thank-you for people who attend our upcoming online events. The idea is that, at the end of each session, attendees can email me...
Hi everyone What do people use to illustrate the social value of their volunteers. Many years ago we used the Volunteer England £12 rate and more recently we have used another rate of £14.05 (althoug...
We are a registered Community Interest Company and we have been trying for one year to open a bank account and four banks rejected the application. Any help possible will be appreciated.
Hi, I'm Treasurer of a small charity, run entirely by volunteers, annual income less than £25,000. We are a company limited by guarantee and from April 2027 will have to submit our accounts to Compan...
CC48 states that, at the beginning of a trustee meeting, the trustees should approve the last-meeting minutes. The chair should then sign the minutes and store them safely. I have a few questions on...
Morning all, I've recently moved jobs and at my new charity, Luminary, we're looking to improve systems for collecting & analysing data on our community, to better demonstrate impact. Nothing unusual...
I have heard that HMRC is OK with this as a concept and that 1/6th of a £1,000 /month rented house would be an acceptable. Has anyone any experience of this or for how to reimburse generally for home...
Could you please advise whether a small non profit charity with no employees, assets or property but we have volunteers, requires PL insurance. If so, could anyone recommend affordable cover please...
Hi all, We have just set up a new CIC and want to apply for a grant. The closing date closes in 3 weeks so we need to get a bank account set up very quickly in order to apply. I have been reading th...
We are newly formed (Jan 2025) CIO about to submit our annual accounts. The CIO was formed out of a prior unincorporated not for profit association (which did not have charitable status). At formatio...
Dear Colleagues, I just wondered if any CVS colleagues were willing and able to share some insight into where they had been able to successfully secure funding from to fund capacity building staff ro...
Hello everyone, researching new social media platforms. We use five currently, but each has its drawbacks. I would be very interested on your views, e.g. we really like the ability to schedule posts,...
Good morning all, hope everyone is doing well. I'm working in the medical sector in the NHS and we are in a process of starting our small healthcare charity and I have some questions regarding the tr...
We are currently using FreeAgent as it is free from our bank but it is clearly for small business who send invoices. I have set up lots of different projects which require invoices to enable me to cl...