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I'm opening a new charity I have completed a research project to determine that there is a desperate need for this service. I'm looking for advice around how I can pay wages. One member is on the com...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have discovered that I & several other parents have been added to an Early Years Charity as trustees, without conse...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I’m struggling with my co-founders and need some words of wisdom. We set up a CIC very recently, and basically, perso...
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Is there a source that compares charities in terms of staff, expenditure, etc.? For example, is there a source that c...
Hello 👋 I am after some advice. I founded my charity in September 2020 and became a Trustee. Last year due to funding & grants being hard to get as a small Charity I invested £60,000 into the cha...
I'm Trustee to a small charity that has raised over £5000 last year so we need to apply to the charity commission. After a lot of research i think the CIO foundation model would be most appropriate b...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi all, please help me understand how to shift from unpaid founder of a charity to a paid CEO in Scotland.
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have recently undertaken the role of Program Coordinator for a small charity running Programs for post-cancer indi...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our Charity is in the process of writing a succession plan to recruit a new Chair of Trustees. We anticipate our curr...
Hello, my first post here! I've been struggling to get the CIC I founded 2 years ago funding and support and have found some quality people to be potential directors as part of an advisory board. I...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am writing for your advice and recommendation as we need to amend our Memorandum of Articles. Our M&A are now very...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am reaching out to other funders to ask what their approach is when it comes to conducting due diligence on CICs an...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are CIC with aims to support and work with communities & for communities. Can we incorporate the word 'foundation...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi everyone, I need advice. I run an inspiring CIC involving young people in outdoor activities. We doing amazing wor...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Removal of a director from a CIC - need some advice on how to remove a director from our CIC - we have three (inc me)...
Hello Do you work for (or know of) a charity that pays Trustees? The Charities that I work with don't pay Trustees... One of the Charities I work with has a trading subsidiary, and the NEDs who sit o...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Is it ok for a chairperson and husband to purchase things they think are for the charity not asking members but then...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Is it ok to have the owner of the charity and her life partner signing up for a bank account in the charity's name?
Hello everybody, for the very first time we have come across a grant application that asks "Are any of your organisation's governing body, operational staff or payment authorisers related or living t...
Hi all, I am supporting a homelessness charity that is considering becoming a registered provider. Does anyone have experience of the process and can offer some guidance. Thanks, Charlie
Hi everyone Our board want me to compare these two board portals (which I can do!). But would be great to hear users' reviews on either (or both) if you would like to share. Many thanks, Sally
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Chair refusing to tell trustees to stay out of day to day running of project. I am an employee and have had trustees...
We have recently set up a charity to encourage collaboration amongst researchers for the advancement of biomedical education. On 'My Charity Commission Account' I am asked to write policies. What sha...
I am a paid, part time project manager for a registered charity and I would like to approach my husband to become a trustee as he has experience and knowledge in the employment sector and I think he...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are in the process of closing our CIC and would like to take some legal advice. Does anyone have any recommendatio...
We are a small new CIC and need to open a bank account in order to raise funds. However, we have been rejected by Starling - without a clear reason, and, reading between the lines, we seem too small...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Would you have the husband of your only employee as a trustee? We are a very small charity who have only had a paid e...
Hello All Further to my question from 2 days ago I have further query, I have received some great answers but if anyone can help I would appreciate it. I want to set up a charity that will link to a...
I am looking for some support to register my charity as CIC, if someone can guide me step by step. I am bit nervous as English is my second language.
We are a global membership charity and looking to capture the ethnicity of our members who are based all across the world. It's a minefield trying to set a list inclusive enough but not too cumberso...
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