Finance

The Charity Finance Directors' Group (CFDG) has set out a new initiative to improve the consistency of charity annual reports.

The project is expected to play a vital part in improving the quality and consistency of charity annual reports and as such, will help charities move on to more accurate output and outcome measures. The new work has been funded by the LloydsTSB Foundation.

A seminar last week encouraged finance professionals to offer advice on charitable giving to wealthy clients.

According to four finance professionals from the UK and USA speaking at the event, philanthropy is the key element for financial
professionals looking to strengthen their relationship with wealth clients.

The Bank of England has announced that it is to withdraw from circulation the older style £10 notes featuring a portrait of Charles Dickens.

Chancellor Gordon Brown's 2003 Budget today includes only a few benefits for the voluntary sector.

A pilot scheme will be launched in May 2003 to offer financial support to encourage disadvantaged young people to work for a charity during a gap year.

The Directory of Social Change has published "A Practical Guide to Charity Accounting: preparing charity SORP accounts", edited by Kate Sayer.

Tomorrow the Inland Revenue, Customs and Excise and the Charity Commission launch an integrated telephone enquiries service.

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has changed the emphasis of its annual accounts awards to focus on online publishing and distribution. The revamped awards still offer a £2,000 prize.

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More than 100 MPs have backed a campaign to enable charities to get compensation for the Value Added Tax (VAT) they cannot recover, and the increased National Insurance contributions they will be facing from April.

The Directory of Social Change has announced a series of new publications to be published later this year. You can make pre-order them already.

New titles due out from the Directory of Social Change this year include "The Welsh Funding Guide 2003/2004" by Dave Casson. It will be available in Autumn 2003.

Bob Russell MP has launched a campaign to help charities to