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Sep 20
Accounting and reporting

CFG Consultation Response for Matters of Material Significance

CFG has responded to the Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI consultation on reporting matters of material significance.

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Sep 9
Charity finance policy

Devolution and voluntary sector summit

CFG, Locality, Children England and NAVCA host 30 voluntary sector leaders and produce a sector statement on devolution

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Sep 1
Charity finance policy

Charities’ business rate bill set to double despite lack of public support for the tax

Analysis of government data by Charity Finance Group has estimated that charities’ total business rate bill will double by the end of the decade.

By 2020, charities will be spending over £400m a year on business rates.

This is despite only 17% of the public believing that charities should pay business rates.

Charity Finance Group has written to the government to ask for the level of mandatory charitable business rate relief to be increased to 100% in the upcoming Budget.

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Sep 1
Charity finance policy

Charity Finance Group launches programme to help improve small charities’ finances

The Small Charities Programme is being supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

The programme will deliver subsidised training for small charities, develop and collect resources to help small charities manage their finances and support the work of Community Accountants.

The programme launches in January 2017 and will run to August 2017.

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Aug 20
People and culture

CFG responds to LGPS consultation

CFG has responded to the Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) consultation on draft changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 (SI/2356), and the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI/525).

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