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Good practice, case studies, expert advice and tips for charity and voluntary sector finance directors and practitioners, including accounting, investment, insurance, tax and social finance.
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Latest Finance Good Practice
FD in Five Minutes: Julia Berry
Third Sector speaks to the head of finance at Dementia Adventure
Seb Elsworth: Championing equality and diversity through social investment
Social investment can help equalities organisations, but has to do more to address diversity in the social investment sector
Joe Saxton: The outcome of the Sorp governance review is good news for donors
The review's recommendations could help to make information on charities in the public domain more accurate
FD in Five Minutes: Rocio Roberts
Third Sector speaks to the director of finance and central services at Freedom from Torture
Don Bawtree: What should audit committees ask about financial reporting?
Plus: guidance on sponsorship; church fetes and VAT; and cyber security
Kate Rogers: Investment can join the war on climate change
And here are three ways you can help
You don't need offices in London
Most national charities continue to have head offices in the English capital. But, as Liam Kay discovers, there's a host of advantages to being located in other areas
Charity Finance Skills Zone
Expert advice and tips on specialist areas of charity finance.
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Expert Hub
Insurance advice from Markel
Charity property: could you be entitled to a huge VAT saving?
When a property is being constructed, VAT is charged at the standard rate. But if you're a charity, health body, educational institution, housing association or finance house, the work may well fall into a category that justifies zero-rating - and you could make a massive saving
Latest From The Blogs
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The Whitehall insiders leading charities are partly to blame for the fundraising crisis
Earlier this year, William Shawcross, chair of the...
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Caron Bradshaw
on the role of the finance director
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Caron Bradshaw: An annus horribilis perhaps, but we should learn from it
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Caron Bradshaw: There is no hard and fast rule for the right level of reserves
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Caron Bradshaw: Rules and regulations are no substitute for moral standards
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Caron Bradshaw: The sense of fatigue in many stressed charities is worrying
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Caron Bradshaw: HMRC is on a mission to claim more VAT from charities
The Sorp Revision
Focus On... Investment
The ethical minefield of investment funds
Revelations by the BBC's Panorama programme last year once more raised the issue of investments that appear to run counter to a charity's objects. Patrick McCurry assesses the latest thinking
Have emerging markets lost their attraction?
Both Russia and China have experienced rapid economic growth compared with their western rivals, but economic and political difficulties might have dampened their allure. Edward Lander reports
Do common investment funds have a future?
Newton and the Charities Aid Foundation are among those that have recently decided to close their CIFs. Edward Lander looks at the pros and cons of this special financial vehicle
Interview: John Harrison
The professor at Cass Business School says charities tend to be conservative investors and thus reap lower returns
Third Sector Insight
Sponsored webcasts, surveys and expert reports from Third Sector partners
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How charities can make the right impact
For charities today the challenge is that...
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How charities’ workplace culture can prevent controversies
The third sector has never been under such...
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Cyber and data security - how prepared is your charity?
This report provides an overview of the current...