http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/home Latest Articles http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7063/age_uk_insurance_under_fire_as_couple_suffer_600_per_cent_increase http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7063/age_uk_insurance_under_fire_as_couple_suffer_600_per_cent_increase Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:33:00 GMT An elderly couple has raised concerns over the Age UK insurance scheme which increased their travel insurance costs by 600 per cent following the Help the Aged and Age Concern merger. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/7062/charity_commission_opens_consultation_on_online_plans http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/7062/charity_commission_opens_consultation_on_online_plans Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:28:00 GMT The Charity Commission is seeking views on its plans to place all its services online by 2012, a move which is part of the Commission’s efficiency savings measures. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7061/government_asks_charities_and_social_enterprises_for_ideas_on_reducing_deficit http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7061/government_asks_charities_and_social_enterprises_for_ideas_on_reducing_deficit Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:13:00 GMT The Cabinet Office is asking the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors for innovative ideas on how to reduce the deficit. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7060/office_for_civil_society_to_slash_spending_by_11m http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7060/office_for_civil_society_to_slash_spending_by_11m Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:14:00 GMT The Office for Civil Society has announced that it will be cutting £11m from its 2010/11 budget. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/indepth/content/7057/the_cull_of_the_quangos http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/indepth/content/7057/the_cull_of_the_quangos Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:11:00 GMT How will the ‘Bonfire of the Quangos’ affect the sector’s own arm’s-length bodies? Tania Mason examines the landscape. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/blogs/content/7045/how_will_charities_defend_pension_shortfalls_to_supporters http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/blogs/content/7045/how_will_charities_defend_pension_shortfalls_to_supporters Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:10:00 GMT As the Big Society brings more attention to the voluntary sector, charities will face more scrutiny on their finances, how will they excuse potential pension deficits asks Vibeka Mair. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7054/pension_debts_claim_scottish_voluntary_organisation_victim http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7054/pension_debts_claim_scottish_voluntary_organisation_victim Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:53:00 GMT Moray Voluntary Service Organisation (MVSO), a Scottish support service for over 400 member voluntary organisations, is in liquidation due to a £60,000 pensions debt it cannot repay. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7053/large_independent_schools_have_less_generous_bursary_policies_than_smaller_ones_says_report http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7053/large_independent_schools_have_less_generous_bursary_policies_than_smaller_ones_says_report Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:38:00 GMT Richer and higher-achieving independent schools are giving a smaller proportion of their income in bursaries than smaller ones, according to a report by the Sutton Trust and Staffordshire University. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7051/liam_fox_charity_ordered_to_cease_political_activities http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7051/liam_fox_charity_ordered_to_cease_political_activities Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:47:00 GMT The Charity Commission has ordered a charity set up by Defence Secretary Liam Fox to cease its activities immediately due to their political nature. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7043/report_suggests_a_new_social_retail_bank_could_unlock_15bn_in_social_investment http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7043/report_suggests_a_new_social_retail_bank_could_unlock_15bn_in_social_investment Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:06:00 GMT A new report from Acevo and Social Investment Business advises the government to create a Social Investment Retail Bank to be financed with government funds managed by Social Investment Business. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7042/interpal_wins_high_court_case_against_sunday_express_claims_of_terror_links http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7042/interpal_wins_high_court_case_against_sunday_express_claims_of_terror_links Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:27:00 GMT Interpal, a relief and development charity for Palestinians, has won a High Court battle against Express Newspapers which falsely accused it of supporting Hamas. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7040/hurd_suggests_big_society_bank_could_have_a_time_limit http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7040/hurd_suggests_big_society_bank_could_have_a_time_limit Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:58:00 GMT Nick Hurd has speculated that the Big Society Bank may not be a bank and could come to an end once its purpose of helping to develop a social investment market has been served. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7037/charities_advised_to_focus_on_short-term_gain_of_early_intervention http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7037/charities_advised_to_focus_on_short-term_gain_of_early_intervention Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:31:00 GMT Charities should focus on short-term savings they can make to local government when making the case for early intervention projects, according to civil servants. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7036/a_quarter_of_us_charities_could_lose_tax-exempt_status http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7036/a_quarter_of_us_charities_could_lose_tax-exempt_status Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:23:00 GMT The US government has begun revoking the tax-exempt status of non-profit organisations that have not filed their annual returns for the last three years. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7028/ministers_discuss_importance_of_the_compact_at_first_big_society_meeting http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/7028/ministers_discuss_importance_of_the_compact_at_first_big_society_meeting Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:57:00 GMT Francis Maude, minister for the Cabinet Office, chaired the first Big Society ministerial group meeting today, which looked at each government department's contribution to the Big Society and the importance and effectiveness of the Compact. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7022/nall_to_leave_childrens_society_for_nhs_role http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7022/nall_to_leave_childrens_society_for_nhs_role Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:56:00 GMT Charles Nall, finance director of the Children’s Society and chair of Charity Finance Directors' Group, is to take up a new job as finance director at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7013/harrow_cvs_faces_investigation_into_finances http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7013/harrow_cvs_faces_investigation_into_finances Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:23:00 GMT Harrow Association of Voluntary Services (HAVS) is being investigated by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) following concerns raised by HAVS’ auditors. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7008/secular_and_christian_organisations_sign_partnership_agreement http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7008/secular_and_christian_organisations_sign_partnership_agreement Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMT Two organisations in the south of England, SCA Group and Alabaré, have signed a partnership agreement which brings a secular social enterprise together with a Christian charity. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7011/small_charities_singled_out_for_praise_in_online_accounts http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7011/small_charities_singled_out_for_praise_in_online_accounts Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:56:00 GMT Smaller charities were praised for their constant innovation in presenting their accounts on the web, at this year’s ICAEW’s online accounts awards ceremony last week. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7006/further_growth_in_loans_to_sector_by_triodos_and_charity_bank http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7006/further_growth_in_loans_to_sector_by_triodos_and_charity_bank Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:27:00 GMT Two of civil society’s most prominent retail lenders have seen excellent growth in the amounts they lent to organisations in the first six months of this year.