In 2021, one in eight charities (12.5%) were victims of a cyber-attack according to a survey of 2,330 charities across England and Wales conducted by IFF Research. The pandemic meant that charities were forced to gravitate towards online fundraising methods to enable...
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One off charity donations drop as digital donations rise
Recent data has found that one-off charitable donations have dropped due to the cost-of-living crisis. However, perhaps unsurprisingly since the start of the pandemic charities have reported a significant rise in digital donations. One-off charity donations...
VAT for Charities
Charity employees and trustees often assume that they receive an automatic VAT exemption on all goods and services that they buy/receive. This is not the case and charities should understand the few concessions in the VAT legislation that can reduce their VAT bills....
Proposed rule changes on fundraising announced
From this Autumn rules are changing which should make it easier for charities to access money donated in a fundraising campaign that did not reach or exceed its planned target. The Charities Act 2022 received royal assent in February and a plan has now been...
Small Charity Mergers on the Rise
A recent report has found that the number of small charities merging is on the rise. The annual Good Merger Index published by Eastside Primetimers showed that between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, 77 mergers took place which involved 166 charitable organisations....
Has the pandemic resulted in Brits donating more to charity?
According to a recent survey, 34% of British people commented that the pandemic has resulted in them being more generous to charities. In its Generosity and Giving 2021 report, Paypal surveyed 2,000 respondents. The survey found that the pandemic increased people’s...
UK Voluntary Sector Workforce Grew 20% in the Past Decade
Figures from the UK Civil Society Almanac 2021 show that the UK voluntary sector workforce has increased by 20% over the past decade. In addition, the report showed that income for the voluntary sector hit record levels in the 2018/19 financial year. The statistics...
Charity Shop Volunteers Fall as Spending Increases
Since the start of the pandemic, it is estimated that charity shops have lost approximately 45,000 volunteers according to the Charity Retail Association (CRA). Compared to 2019 volunteer numbers have decreased by around 20%. With charity shop spending increasing by...
The Charities Bill
What is it? The Charities Bill was drawn up to simplify a number of processes to assist charities needing to consolidate and/or restructure. The Bill will implement the majority of recommendations made by the Law Commission in its report published in 2017. It will do...
Charity Cyber Security
In 2021, one in eight charities (12.5%) were victims of a cyber-attack according to a survey of 2,330 charities across England and Wales conducted by IFF Research. The pandemic meant that charities were forced to gravitate towards online fundraising methods to enable...
One off charity donations drop as digital donations rise
Recent data has found that one-off charitable donations have dropped due to the cost-of-living crisis. However, perhaps unsurprisingly since the start of the pandemic charities have reported a significant rise in digital donations. One-off charity donations...
VAT for Charities
Charity employees and trustees often assume that they receive an automatic VAT exemption on all goods and services that they buy/receive. This is not the case and charities should understand the few concessions in the VAT legislation that can reduce their VAT bills....