Learn about direct costs and support costs for single and multiple projects
Learn about what cost allocation and apportionment mean and how it works in practice
Learn about what full cost recovery means and what the limitations are
Guidance on types of tax reporting and when and how to use them
How to prepare annual accounts and a Trustees’ Annual Report and make them available on request
Creating financial information that helps managers and trustees
What to consider when deciding on investments
Help and guidance around tax and trading laws and procedures for your organisation
Guidance around when a charity or voluntary organisation needs a bank account, and how to choose one and set it up.
Find out about some of the areas to consider when managing financial difficulties and insolvency
The Employment Rights Bill introduces the biggest changes to UK employment law in decades. Find out when these changes will happen and what you should be doing to get ready.
Membership body announces changes to its executive team following the arrival of new CEO, Kate Lee.
Limited measures announced, but not enough to ease financial strain on charities.
A new report from NCVO explores impact of rise in extremism and social division on the voluntary sector.
The government has announced a new initiative designed to support stronger, fairer and more collaborative relationships between charities and local government.
Charities and voluntary organisations are raising serious concerns about government proposals to link volunteering to asylum settlement.
The Covenant Council can help drive change, but the covenant will only succeed if the whole sector actively uses it to build stronger relationships between government and civil society.
Last week, we brought together (almost all) members of the new Civil Society Covenant Council for an informal meet-and-greet, ahead of our first formal meeting at No.10 Downing Street next month.
Following recent changes within NCVO, this letter from CEO Kate Lee, sets out plans for the future and our continued commitment to supporting small charities.
Guidance on fundraising through the gift economy (public giving, voluntary donations) and the open market (trading)
Reasons for forming a consortium and examples of voluntary sector consortia
The different ways that voluntary organisations can work together collectively to bid for and deliver public service contracts
Step-by-step guidance to help voluntary organisations develop a consortium
Guidance on scoping and planning before you set up a voluntary-sector consortium
How to form the initial working group that will help partners set up a consortium
An outline of how much funding is required to establish a voluntary sector consortium, and some of the potential funding sources
Why you need to engage stakeholders such as commissioners and local organisations in your consortium development, and how to involve them
An overview of the key policies and procedures that will support the operational running of a consortium
A guide to becoming an incorporated company