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Latest Finance Good Practice
FD in Five Minutes: Paul Butler
Third Sector speaks to the director of finance and operations at Auditory Verbal UK, the charity for children with hearing loss
Don Bawtree: Trustees and auditors need to raise their game
Also: changes to the Sorp committee, Brexit and transparency reporting
Third Sector Awards 2019: Enterprise Award - Stonewall Equality
Awarded to a social enterprise or charity that has significantly improved its income from its commercial activities in recent years
Third Sector Awards 2019: Finance Team of the Year - Sarcoma UK
Awarded to the finance team that has displayed exceptional financial leadership by, for example, improving the charity's financial performance or by helping it to overcome significant challenges
Third Sector Awards 2019: Marketing Campaign of the Year - Islamic Relief UK for Ramadan Campaign 2018
Awarded to a charity with the best marketing campaign. Examples might include the successful marketing of an organisation's products, services or membership programmes
Four ways to cut costs (without harming the front line)
Doing more for less is tricky to achieve. Liam Kay explores how charities can get more bang for their buck and keep more money for their charitable work
Making a Difference Locally: The funder turning pennies into projects
Rebecca Cooney finds out how Making a Difference Locally is living up to its name
Charity Finance Skills Zone
Expert advice and tips on specialist areas of charity finance.
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How bad can cyber crime really get: cyber fraud #1
In the first of a series, we investigate the risks to charities from having flawed cyber security - and why we need to up our game...
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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...