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At Xledger's recent Charity Customer Roundtable in London, finance leaders from across the sector, including Trussell, Comic Relief, MAP, the Royal Society, Anthony Nolan, Henry Smith Foundation, and Trust for London, came together to discuss the priorities shaping their organisations. Here, Xledger's Operations Director, Tim Wright, shares some of the main lessons learned.

How can charity leaders balance sustainable finance with an equally strong focus on culture and impact? It's tricky but not impossible, with the right support. CFG's Co-CEO Sarah Lomax shares some thoughts on the recent Services For Education report Leading Through Uncertainty.

Energy prices can have a big impact on charity budgets, so planning ahead is important. CFG's partner Utility Aid recently ran a webinar on the current market and what to consider when choosing your next contract.

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of CFG's first annual awards since 2019. More than 430 charity and corporate leaders gathered together on Thursday 8 October at Royal Lancaster in London for CFG's 2026 Annual Dinner and Awards event.

Labour has just concluded its first annual conference with Andy Burnham as leader, setting the scene for what could be a policy-filled end to the year. CFG's Policy Officer Isaac Bristol looks for signs of hope, and shares the inside track.

For small charities stretched thin across fundraising, operations, finance and more, Gift Aid can sometimes feel like an afterthought. But for the Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Trust – the UK’s leading charity supporting people with MSA, a rare and rapidly progressive neurological condition – it's a well-managed income stream which makes up just under 6% of their total fundraised income.

If preparing for SORP 2026 has slipped down your to-do list, now is the time to act, says the Charity Commission.

In this article, Tim Larden, Associate Director at Access Insurance, discusses two recent cyber-related incidents which show how charities can be affected, even indirectly. Tim notes that these instances highlight the importance of cyber resilience for charities and provides some actionable insights for how you can prepare.

Good investment governance rarely announces itself with great fanfare. More often, it looks rather ordinary: trustees who understand what their money is there to do, an investment policy people have actually read, advisers who speak to one another and a board that feels comfortable asking questions when something doesn't quite make sense.

A number of recently released reports look at the topic of charitable giving from different angles: trust, payments, donor sentiment, disintermediation. Together, though, they tell a remarkably consistent story about the challenges that charities are facing, as well as some potential opportunities.

In this article, Neil Baldwin, Director RI at BHP, outlines how a difficult economic environment is causing reserves policies to be tested, and provides an auditor's viewpoint on how trustees can distinguish between the strategic use of reserves and the warning signs of a deteriorating financial position.