While management in the charity sector has changed significantly in the past few decades, a reluctance to invest in governance has led to a stagnation of board structure and a lack of diversity, according to Dame Mary Marsh’s review of skills and leadership in the social sector.

Over half of interim charity managers that responded to a recent survey say future leaders of the charity sector will come from the business or corporate sector, and a third said current charity chief executives are not coping well with financial pressures.

People not process should be in charge of making decisions, says Robert Ashton.

Vibeka Mair profiles the demographic of the people setting the strategy at the UK’s top 100 charities.