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Topics: Investment / Funding / Banking and financial services

What is social investment and what are the key considerations when thinking about repayable finance? Read this handy guide from the team at Good Finance.

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Topics: People and culture / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Financial sustainability

As income declines, the demands, costs and stress levels keep rising. CFG’s survey of its small and micro charity members paints a picture of the financial pressures they face.

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Topics: IT, technology and digital / Funding

Independent digital, data and technology specialists, Adapta Consulting, has produced three jargon free Systems Guides aimed specifically at third sector organisations in the UK, who are about to embark on their systems selection journey:

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Topics: Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Economy and policy

On Wednesday 11 June 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her first Spending Review, and the first multi-year review since 2021. It's fair to say that the context remains politically and economically difficult.

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Topics: Risk / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Financial sustainability / Economy and policy / Charity finance policy

Rising costs, reduced funding opportunities and increasing financial pressures are placing significant strain on UK charities. With employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) increasing, charities must take proactive steps to navigate these financial challenges.

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Topics: Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Charity finance policy / Accounting and reporting

Pesh Framjee, Special Advisor to Charity Finance Group, shares some of his thoughts around the new SORP Exposure Draft, particularly focusing on the subject of legacies and how they are recognised.

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Topics: Funding / Charity finance policy

The Fundraising Regulator has recently published the new Code of Fundraising Practice, it’s first major update since 2019. Fundraising organisations should review the new code and support guides and begin preparing to ensure compliance.

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Topics: Tax and VAT / Risk / People and culture / Leadership and career development / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Economy and policy

In the second of her regular policy reports, Ida Karlsson, CFG's Policy Officer, wraps up what's been going on in Parliament and further afield, covering the aid budget cut, new OSCR guidance and dormant assets.

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Topics: Risk / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding

Tamsin Anderson from Mills & Reeve recently presented a comprehensive overview of when and how charities can refuse or return donations at a CFG webinar, drawing on the Charity Commission's guidance and her extensive legal experience in the sector.

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Topics: People and culture / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Financial sustainability

In the first of her regular policy reports, Ida Karlsson, CFG's Policy Officer, wraps up what's been going on in Parliament and further afield, including debates on ERNICs and why charities in Scotland are bracing themselves.

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Topics: Risk / Procurement and resources / People and culture / Leadership and career development / Investment / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Environmental, social, governance (ESG) / Economy and policy / Crisis management / Banking and financial services / Accounting and reporting

Read the Winter 2025 edition of Finance Focus (members only).

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Topics: Risk / Procurement and resources / People and culture / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Financial sustainability / Economy and policy / Crisis management

The majority of charity employers are concerned about absorbing significant additional staffing costs following the government's decision to increase Employer National Insurance Contributions, according to CFG's latest survey.

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