Health Check Series Part 1   Through my work with small-to-medium charities, I have discovered: Most of the people involved in the charity are invaluable: hard-working, passionate and dedicated. The charity’s governance and organisational effectiveness are often not up to …

Health Check series Part 2    For many small-to-medium charities, the Annual Report to the Charity Commission can be seen as simply another job to get out of the way so that you can get back to focusing on the ‘real’ …

Health Check Series Part 3   Office policies, strategic plans, budgets and processes…these piles of paperwork can make many charity leaders feel like they are miles away from the causes that inspire them. That’s simply not true. If your organisation …

Health Check Series Part 4   People are a charity’s greatest asset. More than in the commercial world, staff working at charitable organisations are often driven by the need to make a positive difference. They are also usually willing to be …

Health Check Series Part 6   Say the words ‘budget’, ‘finances’ or ‘management accounts’, and most people’s attention starts to drift. Finances aren’t glamorous but, when it comes to charity accounting, they are of crucial importance. Charities are under particular …

Charity Health Check series part 7   It may seem a cliché, but fundraising is the lifeblood of charities. Small-to-medium charities have to be good at it to survive, but they can sometimes struggle with understanding both the regulations that …