Dear Conflicted

You’ve stumbled upon one of the trickiest areas of decision-making, and one that we see regularly catching trustees out. In fact, we’re about to launch refreshed guidance on managing conflicts of interest in a charity.

Although a lot of airtime is given to the few bad actors who deliberately set out to benefit from charities, in reality many of the unmanaged conflicts of interest we see are unintended rather than deliberate. Often, trustees don’t realise a conflict exists, or needs managing.