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The landscape for charities is, as always, unpredictable, so it’s important to build in resilience at a financial level to safeguard your charity’s future. This means understanding the risk of funding concentration. In essence, you are at funding concentration risk if a large…
Does your charity’s treasury policy support good decisions, or simply repeat last year’s limits? Our latest insight explores what makes a policy durable, where restrictions can become counterproductive, and when change is justified.
Thirty universities, housing associations and charities were modelled under a prolonged income shock, demonstrating how stress testing can serve as a constructive, diagnostic and exploratory tool, revealing resilience…
A strong charity reserves policy goes beyond the familiar three-month cash rule. Explore how liquidity needs, investment risk, fund classifications, stress testing and strategic priorities can shape a more resilient, defensible approach to reserves in today’s increasingly scrutinised environment overall.
The article highlights the growing range of risks facing charities, including financial pressures, fraud and private benefit, cyber-attacks and AI, safeguarding, and weaknesses in governance and regulatory oversight. It emphasises that trustees should manage these through strong governance, effective financial planning, clear policies and controls, and a culture where risks and concerns can be identified and challenged early
An honest look at AI in charity fundraising: where it adds hours back into your week, and where it silently damages your bids.
Funders do not ask "are you ready?" — they infer it from twelve things you either have or you do not. Here is how to prepare each.
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