It’s great news that the government is expanding the workplace rapid testing programme for small businesses. Find out how you can start using the tests in your workplace. Read more
HMRC has issued new guidance on how to comply with off-payroll working rules (IR35) that are coming into force on 6 April 2021. This will affect your charity if it employs any individuals who work like an employee, but through their own limited company (usually a personal service company ‘PSC’) or other intermediary. Click here to read the guidance.
HMRC have issued new guidance on how to pay VAT payments that were deferred between 20 March and 30 June 2020 – and how to join the VAT deferral new payment scheme. Read the guidance here.
Helen Stephenson, Charity Commission CEO reflects on the National Trust case and gives some welcome reassurance for charities. Read her blog here.
Got questions about reporting, audits, or any other charity finance issues relating to COVID? Haysmacintyre’s latest finance briefing covers the key things you and your finance team need to know. Click here to read the briefing.
Following the PM’s announcement on Monday 20th February 2021, the DfE has updated the out-of-school settings guidance to provide more information on who can attend out-of-school settings (OOSS) from 8th March, and what measures should be put in place to reduce the risk of transmission in OOSS. The updated guidance documents are available at the usual links here
The updated guidance should provide you with all the detail you need, but the headlines are available from the NRCSE website here
NRCSE has also developed some useful guidelines for operating during the pandemic available here
Census helps national and local government to plan services such as transport, schools, health centres and hospitals.
A series of online video workshops have been arranged over the next few weeks and would be pleased if you and your teams, members, volunteers and clients would be able to join in. This would include brief slide presentations about the census, and completing the online census form. This would take about an hour including questions
The dates and times are as follows:
Monday 15th March 2.00 pm
Wednesday 17th March 10.00 am
Friday 19th March 2.00 pm
Monday 22nd March 10.00 am
Wednesday 24th March 2.00 pm
Friday 26th March 10.00 am
For any question and further information click here
2020 saw thousands of people across the UK take to the streets as part of the Black Lives Matter protests and many more engage through social media. Several charities published statements expressing solidarity with the movement and pledged to take action to make their organisations more diverse and inclusive. So, what next?
We all know it’s not enough to have an equal opportunities policy hidden away in a staff handbook. As the updated Charity Governance Code makes clear, charities need to be putting plans in place, setting targets for improvement and monitoring their progress. Read on
After some years of inactivity, the Commission is now proactively checking on whether charities have complied with their governance guidance. The checks are focused around whether there is compliance to the regulatory alert that the Commission issued last June. This is focused on larger charities but all charities need to be aware of this new more investigative stance. Read on
It’s never easy for any charity to turn down or return donations, particularly at the moment when many charities are struggling to raise money and need to be more creative in fundraising. The decision is rarely straightforward and it’s important not to lose sight of the situations where you can (and in some cases should) refuse a donation.
Charities are of course obliged to accept donations and they should only refuse or return them in exceptional circumstances
In some situations it’s clear a donation should be refused, for example where significant ‘red flags’ are found during due diligence checks on a donor, where a donor lacks capacity, or where donor conditions are too onerous or unlawful. However, outside these more straightforward scenarios are more difficult situations where a donation carries a concern about potential reputational or other damage to a charity. Read on
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.