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New Charity Commission guidance on collaboration and mergers

The Charity Commission has published two new toolkits for charities on collaborative working and merging; Choosing to Collaborate and Making Mergers Work.

Illegible accounts on the Charity Commission website

I wish that the Charity Commission would take more care when they do get charity accounts online.

The Charity Commission wants to know what you think about online accounts

Last week’s Third Sector magazine mentioned the relaunch of the online charity community section of the website of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). Phew!

Charity Commission adds information to Register of charities

The Charity Commission is from today adding more information to the online Register of charities, making it clearer where a charity has been the subject of an inquiry or regulatory case report, or whe

Charity Commission head office moves to Millbank Tower

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The Charity Commission's London office has moved.

Further improvements to the Charity Commission online register

A recent (free) Charity News Alert newsletter from Plaza Publishing (www.plazapublishing.co.uk) reported that the Charity Commission has outlined further improvements to its online register.

Brian Burnie and the Burnie Family Charitable Trust

I have read a few articles recently about the plans of Brian Burnie to sell his hotel (Doxford Hall Hotel in Alnwick), and use the proceeds to establish a grant-making trust to donate money to local c

Register of charities operating in Northern Ireland

Thanks to Paul Atherton (Charity Commission appointed) for drawing my attention to the unveiling of the first ever Charities Commission in Northern Ireland, by Social Develo

The Herbert and Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust

Last weekend, The Sunday Times published an article about the falling prices of expensive country homes. Mention of the Linkenholt Estate being put up for sale at £23 – £25 million caught my eye.

Are you working for a 'fake charity'?

According to fakecharities.org, the British charitable sector consists of a number of "so-called charities" which it defines as "a foundation or institution that receives funding from the government,

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