Subjects:

Charities

Contents:

""1 Accounting Reference Dates and Periods 2 Accounts: General Requirements 3 Accounts: Summary Financial Information 4 Advertising 5 Alcohol 6 Almshouses 7 Annual Return 8 Associations 9 Audit 10 Auditors 11 Borrowings 12 Branches 13 Budgets 14 Capital Gains Tax 15 Charitable Purposes 16 Charitable Status 17 Charities for Other Purposes Beneficial to the Community 18 Charities for the Promotion of Urban and Rural Regeneration 19 Charities for the Relief of Poverty 20 Charities for the Relief of Sickness 21 Charities for the Relief of Unemployment 22 Charity Commission: Structure and Administration 23 Children and Vulnerable Adults 24 Commercial Participators 25 Common Investment Funds and Common Deposit Funds 26 Community Amateur Sports Clubs 27 Companies 28 Contracts 29 Corporate Governance 30 Corporation Tax 31 Custodian Trustee 32 Data Protection 33 Devolution and Regionalisation 34 Directors 35 Disability Discrimination 36 Disaster Appeals 37 Dissolution 38 Dividends 39 Donations 40 Educational Charities 41 Employment 42 Entertainment 43 European Community Legislation and Funding 44 Ex Gratia Payments 45 Examination of Accounts 46 Excepted charities 47 Exempt Charities 48 Exemptions from VAT 49 Expenses 50 Fees 51 Friendly Societies 52 Fund-Raising 53 Funds 54 Governance 55 Governing Document 56 Grant Making 57 Groups 58 Holding Trustees 59 Honorary Officers 60 Housing Associations/Registered Social Landlords 61 Human Rights Act 1998 62 Implementing a Successful Risk Management Strategy 63 Income Tax 64 Incorporation of Trustees 65 Industrial and Provident Societies 66 Inheritance Tax 67 Inland Revenue 68 Insolvency 69 Insurance 70 Internal Audit 71 Internal Controls 72 Internet 73 Investigations: Malpractice and Abuse 74 Investments 75 IT Planning 76 Joint Ventures 77 Land and Buildings 78 Legacies 79 Liability 80 Light Touch Regime 81 Local Authorities 82 Lotteries 83 Memorandum and Articles of Association 84 Mergers 85 National Lottery 86 Non-departmental Public Bodies 87 Overseas Activities 88 PAYE Administration 89 Pensions 90 Political Activities 91 Public Charitable Collections 92 Quality Initiatives 93 Rates and Council Tax 94 Receipts and Payments Accounting 95 Reclaiming Tax 96 Recreational Charities 97 Registration with Charity Commission 98 Religious Charities 99 Reporting Accountants 100 Research 101 Reserves 102 Resolving Charity Disputes 103 Schemes and Orders 104 Scotland 105 Secondment 106 Self-assessment 107 Setting up a Charity 108 Shops 109 SOFA -- Statement of Financial Activities 110 SORP -- Statement of Recommended Practice 111 Sponsorship 112 Staff Recruitment and Development 113 Tax Effective Giving 114 Taxation 115 Terrorism 116 Trading Subsidiaries 117 Trustee Duties and Responsibilities 118 Trustee Indemnity Insurance 119 Trustees' Annual Report 120 Trusts 121 VAT 122 Volunteers 123 Wales 124 Welfare to Work 125 Zero Rates for VAT""

Tolley's Charity Administration Handbook is designed to provide you with all the relevant information necessary for effective charity management. It provides practical assistance in dealing with problems that are likely to arise in forming and running a charity. Written in a non-technical and accessible way, it is intended to be a first point of reference for the administrator, especially in relation to finance-related matters.

The book covers a wide range of topics, in alphabetical order, from accounting and auditing matters to VAT, with all the relevant information in between. Incorporates the requirements of the Charities Acts Changes to the legislation framework for charities recommended by the Cabinet Office Review Alphabetical listing for ease of use Coverage of SORP 2000 Scottish Charities fully covered New VAT Regulations