Knowledge Hub

  • Value protection and value creation

    Topics: Risk / Accounting and reporting
    Written by: Pesh Framjee
    On: 24.07.2025

    CFG's Specialist Advisor, Pesh Framjee, explains how good risk management can deliver added value.

    Time to read: 5 minutes
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  • Reframing Trust: Why we must move beyond cost ratios to what really matters

    Topics: Risk / Governance, legal and compliance / Accounting and reporting
    Posted by: Pesh Framjee
    On: 23.07.2025

    In this article, Special Advisor to CFG Pesh Framjee, discusses the Charity Commission's recent report into public trust. He outlines how simply looking at 'how much money goes to the cause' is a fallacy and that the real driver of trust is delivering on your purpose.

    Time to read: 5 minutes
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  • What our members are talking about – and how we can help

    Topics: Tax and VAT / Risk / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance
    Posted by: Milly Durrant
    On: 16.07.2025

    Recent months have shown just how valuable our CFG community is for sharing expertise and tackling challenges together. We're seeing charity finance professionals turn to their peers and our specialist services for guidance on everything from banking changes to payroll implementations. 

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • What’s safer than the bank?

    Topics: Risk / Financial sustainability / Banking and financial services
    Written by: Rachel Titchen
    On: 23.06.2025

    Is your bank the only place to hold cash? Rachel Titchen from Broadstone looks at how to use different cash vehicles and how they can reduce risk.

    Time to read: 5 minutes
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  • Small charities

    Small charities at a crossroads: Navigating financial pressure and the future of financial reporting

    Topics: Risk / Financial sustainability / Economy and policy / Charity finance policy
    Posted by: Manish Panjabi
    On: 13.06.2025

    As small charities face rising pressure, is regulatory reform a lifeline, or a risk to trust and accountability?

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Practical steps to help your charity prepare for budgetary constraints

    Topics: Risk / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Financial sustainability / Economy and policy / Charity finance policy
    Posted by: Subarna Banerjee
    On: 28.05.2025

    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.

    Time to read: 7 minutes
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  • Video

    Charity Investment Governance Principles video series

    Topics: Risk / Investment / Governance, legal and compliance
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 20.05.2025

    Following the launch of the Charity Investment Governance Principles (CIGP) in January 2025, specialist consultancy and investment experts, Broadstone, have produced a series of short explainer videos...

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • Finance Focus Spring 2025: A time of renewal and transformation

    Topics: Risk / People and culture / Leadership and career development / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance / Gift Aid / Fraud / Environmental, social, governance (ESG) / Economy and policy / Accounting and reporting
    Written by: Emma Abbott
    On: 24.04.2025

    Check out what's new in charity finance and beyond... Read the Spring issue of Finance Focus. 

    Time to read: 1 minutes
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  • Building financial resilience

    Topics: Risk / IT, technology and digital / Investment / Financial sustainability / Banking and financial services
    Posted by: Roland Pearce
    On: 11.04.2025

    Roland Pearce and the team at Barclays share insights from the 12th National Charities Day, looking at ways to cope with the pressures of difficult economic conditions and take advantage of opportunities.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Joined-up thinking: The importance of a holistic approach to financial management

    Topics: Risk / Investment / Governance, legal and compliance / Financial sustainability / Charity finance policy / Accounting and reporting
    Posted by: Tatyana Mursalimov
    On: 08.04.2025

    At the recent Charity Finance Group Investment Conference, Tatyana Mursalimov, CEO of PMCL, delivered a session on a subject of growing significance within the sector: the importance of a holistic approach to financial management in charities.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Policy

    Ida's Intel: SORP, Spring Statement and Scotland (3 April 2025)

    Topics: Tax and VAT / Risk / Governance, legal and compliance / Financial sustainability / Charity finance policy / Accounting and reporting
    Written by: Ida Karlsson
    On: 03.04.2025

    It's been a busy time with the launch of two significant consultations, changes in Scotland and meetings with MPs.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Event

    Navigating AI in 2025: Data protection considerations for charities deploying AI technologies

    Topics: Risk / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance
    Written by: Eleonor Duhs
    On: 20.03.2025

    Bates Wells’ Head of Data and Privacy, Eleanor Duhs, shares six top tips for charities to consider when deploying or using AI in the year ahead, including key questions to ask developers about AI technologies.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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