Tuesday 20 September 2011

Free Resource Pack

Leeds Infrastructure Consortium (LIC) members have recently issued a new resource pack.

The pack provides help in key areas including finance, governance, marketing and funding. It is intended to give community and voluntary groups and small charities information they need to operate effectively and efficiently and may also be useful to larger sized organisations.

The pack is primarily aimed at organisations in the Leeds area but the tools and guidance should be of wider benefit. You can find it on the main LIC website.

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Financial control and risk assessments

The Charity Commission has teamed up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in a project to offer charities a review of their financial controls and systems of risk management for free. This is part of a wider initiative reflecting the Commission’s move to a more facilitative role in dealing with individual charities. You can find more details here.

Of course, locally WYCAS can give you tailored help to assess and improve your financial controls and approach to managing risk.

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Electronic filing

Companies House and the Charity Commission have increased the range of documents that can be filed electronically. This can result in lower fees. You can find a handy schedule of the main documents which can be filed electronically, relevant deadlines and guidance on how to access the on-line services from here.

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Exempted and excepted charities

The Charity Commission has recently issued updated guidance on the regulation of these types of charity. This includes income thresholds for the registration of excepted charities and procedures for the registration of exempt charities. More details are available here.

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Annual service evaluation - tell us what you think

We will shortly be asking you for your views on the services we provide. This is really important for helping us to improve what we do for you. It also helps to show funders there is an ongoing need for supporting bodies to manage their finances. Please fill in a survey form; this can be done via the internet or on paper. More details will follow soon. Thank you!

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E-Bulletin

Our e-bulletin is issued on a monthly basis and sent directly to registered subscribers.  It is also available from our website.  We welcome any feedback on the content and format so that we can improve it and make sure it meets your needs.  Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions.

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