The Charity Commission

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry to examine regulatory concerns regarding the trustees’ management and administration of The Muslim Community Centre and Mosque 1977, an unregistered charity.  The regulator’s concerns focus on a risk to charity property arising from a dispute between the unregistered charity and Dudley Central Mosque and Muslim Community Centre … Read more

The ‘Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ (‘the SORP’) ensures consistency and transparency across the sector, making charity accounts comparable, understandable and useful for donors, beneficiaries, and the public alike.   It has been updated following an extensive development process informed by the views of engagement partners and a sector specific SORP Committee.   … Read more

Total Healing World Outreach was established to advance the Christian faith in the UK and overseas, and to prevent and relieve poverty. The Charity regulator for England and Wales began engaging with the charity in June 2023 as trustees had failed to supply the charity’s accounts and financial information on time every year since its … Read more

Letter to local authority Chief Executives Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The call comes in the regulator’s redesigned guidance on charities and meetings (known as CC48), published today [Friday 19 July 2024]. The refreshed guidance emphasises the importance of complying with a charity’s governing document when holding meetings. The guidance stresses that trustees should make sure any rules around holding meetings are up to date and … Read more