Ian Allsop

Oct 31, 2024 | civilsociety.co.uk | Ian Allsop

Homepage Finance Ian Allsop: ‘Taylor Swift has not ended up with multi-million-pound government contracts’ During a recent discussion with colleagues on current topical issues of interest to charity sector people, one that came up was “engaging the next generation”. How can we tap into the potential of young people to become donors, trustees, employees, campaigners – and leaders? This is not only a recent concern, of course. It has been a challenge ever since I was first working in the...

Oct 1, 2024 | civilsociety.co.uk | Ian Allsop

Homepage Finance Ian Allsop: ‘The amounts involved still pale in comparison to what Boris used to receive’ One of the technical briefing pieces I commissioned for this month’s Charity Finance was on new guidance around fundraising and commercial participators. You know, those schemes where a product boasts about proceeds from sales going to a good cause. Often, the amount skimmed off the profits that actually reaches a charity is miniscule and the cynic might suggest that the main reason a...

Sep 2, 2024 | civilsociety.co.uk | Ian Allsop

Homepage Finance Investment Consultants Survey 2024: Providing advice fit for a new era The role of cash, new greenwashing rules, the impact of a Labour government, and revised CC14 guidance are on the minds of investment consultants, discovers Ian Allsop... In 2023, Charity Finance surveyed the landscape of investment consultants for the first time. While recognising that it would be difficult to cover the entire market, the motivation for such a survey was to try and capture the increasing...

Sep 1, 2024 | civilsociety.co.uk | Ian Allsop

Homepage Finance Ian Allsop: ‘The country is already sliding into becoming a Soviet-style socialist dystopian nightmare’ What a relief. Finally, we have a grownup functioning government in charge. Everything is sorted and there is no further need for most charities. The gaps have been plugged, the campaigns have realised their goals, missions have been accomplished. Dedicated volunteers can all devote their time to fresh hobbies, staff can switch to a proper career, and chief executives can...

Jul 18, 2024 | charitydigital.org.uk | Kellie E. Smith |Ian Allsop |Joe Lepper

Compliance is an essential part of an HR team’s responsibility. They need to make sure that charities are meeting their legal obligations, from health and safety to staff entitlements. HR, employment law, and health and safety services Croner says that HR compliance is: “The commitment of your business to follow the working standards set out by UK employment law.