Last week CAF released a report saying that the public has given an extra £800m during the first six months of this year, compared to last. The research flows against the tide of almost all other research carried out during Covid. This week's blog looks at the reasons why CAF's research needs to be interrogated and treated with caution. 

In this week's blog, Max Roche looks at some potential methods of quantifying charity CEO earnings beyond our fixation with the number of zeros at the end of the salary.

This week's blog summarises the findings of our new report, 'Show me the money!', which examines the ways that charities present their financial information to the public. 

Does SORP really address the needs of its primary stakeholders? Joe Saxton looks into the issue and talks about what needs to be changed.

It’s time for a new approach to solving the financial reporting challenges that the charity sector faces. Charity accounts, and the financial data that springs from them, should be a route to build trust in charities. As it stands they aren’t. This free report addresses the current issues with the system and proposes changes. Do you agree with them?

The charity sector is abuzz as the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) looms; but are charities giving enough consideration to how the public feel about this incoming change?

Interested in finding out about what the public think about the way charities report their impact and spending? You can find out exactly what was said in our focus groups on this topic when you download this free report.

What do the public think about the way charities report their impact and spending? We recently conducted three focus groups with charity-friendly members of the public to gauge their thoughts on a range of issues regarding charity reporting.
 

We are pleased to publish this analysis of different types of charities, based on their differing incomes and expenditures. Our archetype will allow charities, donors, and others to understand what the benchmark is for each type of charity, thus ensuring that judgements are made based on norms of income and expenditure for similar charities.