The Court of Appeal has thrown out an appeal from the London Borough of Merton which argued that a Nuffield Health leisure centre should be fully liable for business rates.
Joint chair of the charities SORP committee Nigel Davies makes a plea for help in co-developing the statement of recommended practice and making it the best it can be.
Dogged by scandals and a donations slump, clarity on operations and use of funds is vital if the charity sector is to win back public confidence. Rachel Willcox reports.
One hundred chief executives have written to Boris Johnson to call on him to create a “world-leading” fund to replace money that currently comes from the EU to help local areas grow.
A comprehensive national strategy backed by proper funding and infrastructure is required to tackle the growing crisis of homelessness, according to a report from the Local Government Information...
The body for ensuring transparency and accountability in charities’ financial accounts will be “considerably more effective” under new proposals, a review panel has said.
The government must inspect financially struggling councils to ensure they are fulfilling their social care duties, an umbrella group for disability charities has urged.
Funds from dormant bank account and inactive charitable trusts will be released to fund a range of community-focused and led initiatives, according to the government’s Civil Society Strategy.
Charities hold major contracts to provide public services in numerous areas. How can they do this and still uphold their core values? Neil Merrick finds out.
Some £330m from dormant bank and building society accounts will be distributed to charities and social programmes over the next four years, sport and civil society minister Tracey Crouch has said.
Trust and confidence in UK charities has recently fallen to its lowest level since monitoring began in 2005. Noel Hyndman and Danielle McConville of Queen’s University Belfast consider how this...
