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Proposed SORP threshold could burden small charities, audit firm warns

1 week ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

The lowest income threshold of £500,000 proposed for the next version of the charities accounting framework is too low and could burden smaller charities, audit firm RSM UK has said. The updated version of Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), a consultation on which closed today, proposes three tiers of guidelines based on annual income levels, the lowest of which is £500,000.
Free digital volunteering platform opens to charities

1 week ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

A digital platform developed by the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) has today opened for charities to register. RVS has urged charities of all sizes and causes across the UK to upload volunteering roles for free to the platform ahead of its public launch scheduled for the autumn. When launched publicly, potential volunteers will be able to browse causes and charities they care about through the platform.
Charity reveals £30m assets transfer as it exits schools operation

1 week ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

Catch22, a charity that supports young people in need, transferred £33.6m-worth of assets last year as it stopped operating seven schools, its latest accounts show. During the year, the Ashwood Academy, Austen Academy, Brunel Academy, Burton Academy, Coppice Springs Academy, Fen Rivers Academy and Spires Academy transferred out of the charity’s multi-academies trust (MAT).
Who’s Funding: Co-op, Health Lottery Foundation and more

1 week ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

Grants available: Two £50,000 donations available. Deadline to apply: 22 June. Who is the funding for? UK-based projects that focus on children and young people aged 14 to 25, employability and areas of economic and social deprivation. When will you hear back? August. Find out more information here. Grants available: Unspecified. Deadline to apply: 27 June, 5pm. Who is the funding for? Voluntary organisations working to improve the health and wellbeing of people in their community.
Charity sector figures named in King’s Birthday Honours 2025

1 week ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

Many people working in the charity sector have been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours. Sector leadership body ACEVO’s former chair Rosie Ferguson, Charity Retail Association’s chief executive Robin Osterley and Locality’s CEO Tony Armstrong all received OBEs for their work in the sector. Richard Kramer, former chief executive of disability charity Sense, was also awarded an OBE for services to people with disabilities.
Accounting body calls for wide-reaching review to simplify charity regulations

2 weeks ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

An accountancy membership body has called for a broader review of financial regulations in the sector to ease burdens on small charities. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) said in response to a recent government consultation on financial reporting thresholds that it should have been combined with the separate ongoing Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) review.
National volunteering charity disagrees that participation is declining

2 weeks ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

A national skills-based volunteering charity has challenged the widespread perception that the number of British people offering their time to good causes is in decline. The government’s most recent Community Life Survey found that 16% of adults in England reported regularly taking part in formal volunteering in 2023-34, a sustained decline since 23% did so in 2019-20, the last year before the first Covid-19 lockdowns.
Domestic abuse charity staff balloted on strike action for second time in months

2 weeks ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

London-based workers employed by Solace Women’s Aid are being balloted for a second time this year on whether to take industrial action. In February, employees at the charity’s Tower Hamlets branch called off “indefinite” strike action that had been planned in response to proposed staff cuts. However, the workers in the east London borough are now being balloted again after the charity decided not to voluntarily recognise their trade union, United Voices of the World (UVW).
Spending review: Charity Commission budget to rise by over 25%

2 weeks ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

The Charity Commission’s budget is set to rise by more than a quarter to £37.9m next year following today’s spending review. According to the Treasury’s spending review settlement, published today, the regulator’s budget will rise by 27% in 2026-27 from the £29.8m earmarked for the current financial year.
Domestic abuse charity calls for ‘sustainable, ring-fenced funding’ as it announces closure

2 weeks ago | civilsociety.co.uk | Rob Preston

A Scottish charity has called for “sustainable, ring-fenced funding” for domestic abuse services as it announced its closure. Clydebank Women’s Aid, which opened in 1981, said in a statement that it plans to stop operating after 17 July. The charity said its decision had “not been made lightly” but it was “no longer in a position to provide the support that women, children, and young people in our community need”.