Tag Archives: Charity Commission

A high profile charitable mistake that raises several questions

Posted on June 10, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday the Charity Commission published a report that will have sent enormous concerns outside and inside of the Royal Family. It relates to a charity called The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust and the money that was inappropriately used to pay … Continue reading →

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It is time for the Charity Commission to advise Parliament

Posted on December 27, 2018 by ianchisnall

A few days ago I went out shopping for some last minute Christmas gifts and bumped into a local Councillor who has played an important role in ensuring that the Labour Party avoids falling into too many pot holes in … Continue reading →

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Lessons for Government bodies from a charity survey

Posted on October 13, 2018 by ianchisnall

Back in July the Charity Commission published the results of a piece of research which they commissioned Populus to do in trying to understand what behavioural factors will increase the publics confidence in charities. The information is published here and … Continue reading →

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Tina has promised to listen to charities

Posted on April 17, 2018 by ianchisnall

The first speech by the new Chair of the Charity Commission took place yesterday at the NCVO annual conference. The full text is available here. As part of the speech Baroness Tina Stowell made a number of statements which providing … Continue reading →

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Charity Commission must explain itself

Posted on March 20, 2018 by ianchisnall

On Friday the Charity Commission published this document which comprises a few words of text and 12 spreadsheets, each of which covers a month of their expenditure that exceeds £25,000. They are doing so in the interests of transparency. As … Continue reading →

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A tough start for an important new role

Posted on February 2, 2018 by ianchisnall

This press release which announces that the Tory Peer, Baroness Tina Stowell is the proposed new Chair for the Charity Commission makes no reference to any experience that she has of working with Charities. In fact the press release is … Continue reading →

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Front Row needs to educate MPs and Union Reps and the rest of us!

Posted on November 15, 2017 by ianchisnall

Last night on Radio 4, Front Row focused on a subject which in one sense is at the heart of the Arts provision in the UK. In doing so the interview by Samira Ahmed with three very well connected people including … Continue reading →

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A regulator, desperately out of touch

Posted on June 5, 2016 by ianchisnall

The name Claire Dove will probably not be familiar to most people reading this piece. She is described on one website as a key player in the social enterprise movement and since the early 1980’s has led the Blackburne House … Continue reading →

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The problem with leadership

Posted on December 18, 2015 by ianchisnall

In the same week that Douglas Carswell has been filmed and interviewing calling for a change at the helm of UKIP, the Charity Commission has published a paper arguing that organisations (Charities in their case) must avoid allowing a dominant … Continue reading →

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Paternalism and hindsight

Posted on August 8, 2015 by ianchisnall

Whilst experts and the opinionated pore over the lessons to be learned from the demise of Kids Company in terms of what the charity did right or wrong, the real challenge for all of us is how to ensure society can … Continue reading →

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