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  • Big changes for small charities: What the draft 2026 SORP means for you

    Topics: Governance, legal and compliance / Charity finance policy / Accounting and reporting
    Posted by: Paul Foden
    On: 24.06.2025

    If you’re involved in running a charity—especially a smaller one—there’s a big change on the horizon: a new Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) is coming. In fact, it becomes mandatory for financial statements from 1st January 2026. That’s just around the corner.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Small charities

    A small charity’s guide to social investment

    Topics: Investment / Funding / Banking and financial services
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 23.06.2025

    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.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Small charities

    CFG survey: “Costs have gone up...while we're expected to deliver more”

    Topics: People and culture / IT, technology and digital / Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Financial sustainability
    Written by: CFG
    On: 23.06.2025

    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.

    Time to read: 6 minutes
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  • Event

    Meet our Sponsors: PIB Insurance Brokers

    Topics: Governance, legal and compliance
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 18.06.2025

    Ryan Parker, from PIB Insurance Brokers– sponsors of this year’s CFG Annual Conference – shares what this year’s theme means to them and explains what makes this must-attend event so special.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Policy

    CFG response: financial thresholds in charity law consultation

    Topics: Governance, legal and compliance / Economy and policy / Accounting and reporting
    Written by: Richard Sagar
    On: 17.06.2025

    Head of Policy, Richard Sagar, explains CFG’s response to the government’s Financial Thresholds Consultation.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Adapta guides for charities on CRM, Finance and Grant Management systems

    Topics: IT, technology and digital / Funding
    Posted by: Paul Stirrat
    On: 13.06.2025

    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:

    Time to read: 1 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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  • Policy

    CFG briefing: Spending Review 2025

    Topics: Governance, legal and compliance / Funding / Economy and policy
    Written by: CFG
    On: 12.06.2025

    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.

    Time to read: 8 minutes
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  • Event

    Meet our Sponsors: HSBC Global Private Banking

    Topics: People and culture / Investment / Financial sustainability
    Written by: CFG
    On: 09.06.2025

    In two weeks' time, we'll be gathering at CFG's 2025 Annual Conference. We speak with Sophie Ward from HSBC Global Private Banking about this year's theme: Strong Foundations, Lasting Impact – and why getting the fundamentals right is everything in today's volatile landscape.

    Time to read: 4 minutes
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  • Campaign

    Volunteering leave: leading by example

    Topics: People and culture
    Posted by: CFG
    On: 04.06.2025

    This Volunteers Week, we're celebrating our own volunteers, and echoing calls for the government to introduce statutory volunteering leave. While we await potential policy changes, we can lead the way to extend volunteering far beyond our own organisations.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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  • Campaign

    Volunteers Week 2025: Celebrating the unsung heroes of the sector

    Topics: People and culture
    Written by: CFG
    On: 04.06.2025

    As we celebrate Volunteers Week 2025, CFG takes immense pride in recognising the extraordinary contributions of volunteers both within our own organisation and across the charity sector as a whole.

    Time to read: 3 minutes
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  • Campaign

    Is volunteering in crisis? The case for statutory volunteering leave

    Topics: People and culture
    Written by: Glyn Sheldon
    On: 04.06.2025

    Volunteers Week comes at a critical time for the charity sector. Volunteer numbers are down and if the trends continue, the very foundations of community support could be at risk.

    Time to read: 2 minutes
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