22 October 2015
Charity Commission updates guidance for fee-charging educational charities
The updated guidance encourages trustees of charitable schools, as a matter of good practice, to comment on their individual approaches to public benefit in sports, drama, music and other arts in their trustee annual report.
The Charity Commission
Read the updated guidance here
Read the updated example trustee annual report for a charitable school here
21 October 2015
Gift Aid declarations: claiming tax back on donations
HM Revenue & Customs publishes new Gift Aid declaration forms and updates its guidance on how charities and community amateur sports clubs can make written, verbal and online declarations and what information to include.
HM Revenue & Customs
Read the new forms: Sponsorship and Gift Aid declaration form, Gift Aid declaration forms for multiple donation and Gift Aid declaration forms for a single donation
21 October 2015
Charity Commission welcomes withdrawal of a judicial review claim by CAGE
The Charity Commission says that "For the Charity Commission this case was always about defending our responsibility for protecting the public trust and confidence in charity. It was on that basis we sought assurances from trustees about the funding of CAGE."
The Charity Commission
Read the Government response here
Cage had sought the review after the Charity Commission wrote to charities that had previously funded Cage, including the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT), seeking "unequivocal assurances" that they would not offer further funding either now or in the future. The JRCT gave the assurances after what it called "extreme regulatory pressure".
Third Sector
12 October 2015
Charity fundraising self-regulation meeting
The Minister for Civil Society, Rob Wilson MP and Sir Stuart Etherington co-host a meeting to discuss the implementation of the recommendations of Sir Stuart Etherington's Review of Charity Fundraising Self-Regulation.
NCVO
12 October 2015
Whistleblowing: guidance for charity employees
Charity employees can report concerns about certain categories of serious wrongdoing at their charity to the Charity Commission.
The Charity Commission
The whistleblowing email address is whistleblowing@charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk
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