Poor management and planning hamper full cost recovery

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector Online, 26 June 2007

Voluntary organisations don't implement full cost recovery because they lack of proper staff management and governance planning, according to the NCVO.

Research by the umbrella body’s UK Workforce and Governance Hubs has shown that while 43 per cent of the sector’s expenditure is on staff, two thirds of voluntary and community groups do not have a dedicated human resources manager. In addition, half the organisations surveyed by the NCVO did not...

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