Expenses

The MPs expenses scandal in the spring of 2009 sparked a wider debate on executives’ expenses, and Charity Finance ensured the charity sector was not left out.  John Tate, a blogger for Charity Finance, suggested that the major umbrella bodies should lead by example and publish their expenses.  NCVO, NAVCA, the Institute of Fundraising, and CFDG complied by publishing their total claims, but Acevo chief executive Stephen Bubb said he did not see the need to disclose his publicly, only to his members.

Soon after, NCVO and CFDG set up a working group to devise best practice guidance for the sector on expenses disclosure.  It launched a two-month consultation and is due to publish its guidance by October 2009.

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Welsh government to investigate alleged abuse of charitable funds
News

Welsh government to investigate alleged abuse of charitable funds 2

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 20 Jan 2012
Tags: Expenses | Risk and crisis management

The Welsh government has launched an investigation into All Wales Ethnic Minority Association, which is mired in a trustee row over alleged misuse of charity funds by its chief executive.

Director of failed £15m Sick Kids fundraising campaign charged with expenses fraud
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Director of failed £15m Sick Kids fundraising campaign charged with expenses fraud

Finance | Gareth Jones | 11 Jul 2011
Tags: Expenses | Campaigns

The director of the failed New Pyjamas Campaign, who authorised the spending of £500,000 yet raised just £60,000 in ten months, has been charged with what is believed to be expenses fraud.

Chief scout Bear Grylls with local scouts
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Chief scout Bear Grylls tells local authorities 'Don't raise our rents!' 1

Finance | Niki May Young | 17 Mar 2011
Tags: Expenses

The Scout Association has launched a campaign, led by chief scout Bear Grylls, calling on local authorities to maintain favourable rents for the youth organisation following a recent series of "enormous" hikes.

Consensus on expenses: Sorp disclosure is sufficient
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Consensus on expenses: Sorp disclosure is sufficient

Finance | Tania Mason | 25 Oct 2010
Tags: Expenses

There is little appetite among the UK’s largest charities for more detailed reporting of the expenses incurred by trustees and senior management, a new survey shows.

Sector's confidence in financial standing falls to all-time low
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Sector's confidence in financial standing falls to all-time low

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 29 Sep 2010
Tags: Budgeting | Expenses | Funding | Spending Cuts and Recession

Nearly two-thirds of charity leaders expect their organisation’s financial situation to worsen over the next year, according to the latest Charity Forecast Survey from NCVO.

Civil society rallies behind refugee charity at risk of closure
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Civil society rallies behind refugee charity at risk of closure

Finance | Tania Mason | 2 Jun 2010
Tags: Expenses | Remuneration

Charities working in the refugee and asylum sector have warned the government that unless it stumps up the legal aid fees it owes to Refugee and Migrant Justice, the advocacy charity will have to close its doors, leaving 10,000 vulnerable people without a lawyer.

Disclosing expenses
In-depth

Disclosing expenses

Finance | 28 May 2010
Tags: Expenses

Charities need to get expense disclosures right in their accounts, says Ray Jones.

Charities break the rules on expenses, finds Commission survey
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Charities break the rules on expenses, finds Commission survey

Finance | Tania Mason | 24 May 2010
Tags: Audit and accountancy | Expenses

A random sample of charity accounts suggests there is "significant non-compliance" in relation to the disclosure of trustees’ expenses, according to the Charity Commission.

Charity expenses story 'highlights risk to public trust'
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Charity expenses story 'highlights risk to public trust' 1

Governance | Tania Mason | 12 Apr 2010
Tags: Expenses | Accountability and transparency

The story in last week’s national newspapers accusing directors of the charity E-Act of making extortionate expense claims proves that the expenses issue remains a threat to the sector’s reputation, according to IT consultant John Tate.

No mandatory reporting needed on expenses, decides expert group
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No mandatory reporting needed on expenses, decides expert group

Finance | Tania Mason | 3 Mar 2010
Tags: Accountability and transparency | Expenses | Regulation | Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) | Law

The independent expert group on sector expenses says there is no significant evidence of expenses abuse in the sector and so charities should not be required by law to publish their trustees’ and managers’ expenses.

Scope takes its expenses management online
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Scope takes its expenses management online 1

Finance | Stefan Marseglia | 12 Feb 2010
Tags: Expenses

Scope has chosen an automated online system from GlobalExpense to manage its employee expenses.

Expenses guidance due next month
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Expenses guidance due next month

Governance | Tania Mason | 5 Jan 2010
Tags: Expenses

The independent expert panel that is devising guidance for the sector on whether and how its trustees and senior executive staff should report their expenses, has further postponed the publication of its recommendations until February.

New tools help charities report expenses
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New tools help charities report expenses

Finance | Tania Mason | 2 Dec 2009
Tags: Expenses | IT strategy and management

Two sector suppliers are already offering software tools to help charities record and report their senior managers and trustees’ expense claims, in anticipation of guidance from the independent expert group on charity expenses.

Paul Palmer steps down from expenses panel
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Paul Palmer steps down from expenses panel

Finance | Tania Mason | 4 Nov 2009
Tags: Accountability and transparency | Ethics | Expenses | Remuneration

Professor Paul Palmer has stood down from the independent expert group on expenses in the wake of revelations that he also sits on the board of a for-profit company that has launched a software tool to help charities report their expenses. In his place, the panel has appointed two new members – former chief Charity Commissioner John Stoker and academic Peter Grant.

Charity Commission team publishes expense claims on website
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Charity Commission team publishes expense claims on website

Finance | Tania Mason | 20 Oct 2009
Tags: Expenses

The Charity Commission has published the detailed expense claims of all its directors and board members on its website, ahead of any guidance for the charities it regulates from the independent expenses group.

Paul Palmer admits conflict of interest over expenses
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Paul Palmer admits conflict of interest over expenses

Finance | Tania Mason | 13 Oct 2009
Tags: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) | Expenses

A business that has just launched a software solution to help charities report their expenses boasts Professor Paul Palmer as a board member – the same Paul Palmer that sits on the independent panel that is devising guidance on how charities should report their expenses. 

Expenses group interviews people with technical or policy views
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Expenses group interviews people with technical or policy views

Finance | Tania Mason | 7 Oct 2009
Tags: Expenses

The Independent Expert Group on charity expenses is seeking out people who might have a view on the subject and interviewing them in order to gauge their views.

Up front about expenses
In-depth

Up front about expenses

Finance | Andrew Hind | 24 Aug 2009
Tags: Expenses

Andrew Hind explains why expenses are a Good Governance issue not just SORP disclosures.

Six consultations and a heads-up
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Six consultations and a heads-up

Finance | 24 Aug 2009
Tags: Expenses | Remuneration | Social investment | Common Investment Funds (CIFs) | Compact

It’s consultation fever in the voluntary sector this summer, with at least six already under way and another expected to launch soon. The consultation on charity leaders’ expenses, sparked by the debate on Charity Finance blogs about whether they should disclose their expenses publicly, launched on 27 July and closes on 30 October.

Expenses consultation opens
News

Expenses consultation opens

Finance | Tania Mason | 27 Jul 2009
Tags: Expenses | Remuneration | Accountability and transparency

The consultation on best practice relating to the disclosure of charity directors’ expenses has launched today as the independent working group running the consultation unveils its online survey. The working group was set up by the NCVO and Charity Finance Directors’ Group after Charity Finance requested they publish the expense claims of their chief executives, as well as those of the Institute of Fundraising, Acevo and NAVCA.

Barnardo's chief claimed for less than a third of expenses incurred
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Barnardo's chief claimed for less than a third of expenses incurred

Finance | Vibeka Mair | 30 Jun 2009
Tags: Accountability and transparency | Expenses | Remuneration

Barnardo's chief executive Martin Narey has revealed that he incurred expenses of £11,229 in 2008 but only claimed back £3,829 Narey was the first sector chief to pledge to disclose his expenses, sparking a widespread debate in the charity sector which in turn prompted NCVO and CFDG to set up an independent expert group to devise guidance on best practice.

Indecent disclosure
Opinion

Indecent disclosure

Finance | John Tate | 29 Jun 2009
Tags: Expenses

John Tate has been rabbiting on about IT driving the transparency agenda for a couple of years. Now the topic of charity CEO expenses has become a major talking point and this was kicked off via John's blog posting. Without technology this would not have been possible.

More umbrella body chiefs publish expenses
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More umbrella body chiefs publish expenses

Finance | Tania Mason | 24 Jun 2009
Tags: Umbrella bodies | Expenses | Remuneration | Accountability and transparency

The chief executives of NAVCA, Charity Finance Directors' Group and the Institute of Fundraising have now joined the NCVO's Stuart Etherington in providing their total expenses amounts, leaving Acevo as the only major sector umbrella body yet to do so. In 2008-9, NAVCA chief Kevin Curley claimed £9,088, split between £7,403 for travel and £1,685 subsistence, including accommodation, and misc. In 2007-8, he claimed £9351, split between £6,813 for travel and £2538 for subsistence and miscellaneous.

NCVO chief to recommend publishing expenses
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NCVO chief to recommend publishing expenses

Finance | Tania Mason | 24 Jun 2009
Tags: Expenses | Remuneration | Accountability and transparency

National Council of Voluntary Organisations chief executive Stuart Etherington is planning to recommend to his organisation's audit committee that the expenses of all senior management and trustees be published online.

Umbrella chiefs sit tight on expense details
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Umbrella chiefs sit tight on expense details

Finance | Tania Mason | 23 Jun 2009
Tags: Accountability and transparency | Expenses | Remuneration | Umbrella bodies

At least two umbrella body chief executives have declined to disclose any more detail of their expense claims beyond what they have already published, preferring to wait and see whether the new independent working group on expenses recommends that they should. This week, RNID chief executive Jackie Ballard (pictured) waded into the debate on publication of charity expenses by saying that simply providing totals without any indication of what the claims were for, was virtually meaningless.

Bogg publishes his expenses
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Bogg publishes his expenses

Finance | Celina Ribeiro | 22 Jun 2009
Tags: Accountability and transparency | Expenses | Remuneration

The spoof umbrella chief for umbrellas, Robin Bogg, has told the cybercommunity that he claimed £5,857.04 in expenses last year. His announcement follows the lead of Hubert Carrington at the National Canopy and Visor Organisation (NCVO) and Steve Crikey at Canopy Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG) who disclosed their expense claims at the request of Canopy Finance last week. Bogg did so while vacationing in Ireland to escape the sunny weather and the expenses row.

Group to devise best practice guidance on expenses
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Group to devise best practice guidance on expenses 5

Finance | Tania Mason | 22 Jun 2009
Tags: Expenses | Remuneration | Accountability and transparency

Former Charity Commissioner Lindsay Driscoll is to chair a new high-powered working group that will develop best practice on how charities should report the expense claims of their senior managers and trustees.

SORP Committee to consider expenses disclosure
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SORP Committee to consider expenses disclosure 1

Finance | Tania Mason | 16 Jun 2009
Tags: Expenses | Remuneration | Accountability and transparency | Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)

The Charities SORP Committee is to discuss the possibility of the next SORP recommending disclosure of charity chief executives' expenses, at its meeting today. The idea was suggested by Paul Palmer, professor of voluntary sector management at Cass Business School and a former member of the SORP Committee, in a response to a blog on Charity Finance last week. The blog by accountant and Charity Finance blogger John Tate, argued that a culture of openness within charities makes abuse of expenses claims much less likely.

Bubb discloses expenses to Acevo members summit
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Bubb discloses expenses to Acevo members summit 1

Finance | Vibeka Mair | 11 Jun 2009
Tags: Expenses | Remuneration | Accountability and transparency

Acevo chief executive Stephen Bubb today told a members' summit that he claimed £9,751.04 in expenses last year. His announcement means that all the major umbrella body CEOs have now disclosed their expense claims. Bubb did so on his first day back at work since Charity Finance first requested disclosure. In his speech to the chief executives' summit, he referred to “excitement” in the sector press on expenses and an interesting contest by umbrella body CEOs to publish their expenses: “a kind of ‘you show me yours and I’ll show you mine’ campaign”.

Come clean on expenses
Blogs

Come clean on expenses 2

Governance | Simon Hebditch | 9 Jun 2009
Tags: Expenses | Accountability and transparency

It was only a matter of time before someone picked up on expenses in the charity sector.

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