Charity Administration Handbook 6th ed

Charity Administration Handbook provides all the information needed to set up and run a charity or non-profit organisation effectively. Written in a non-technical and accessible way, this book is an essential reference work for charity administrators and their professional advisers.

Completely restructured to follow the lifecycle of a charity from start up to dissolution, this title also uses helpful signposts and cross-references throughout to make it user-friendly and easy to navigate.

The comprehensive coverage includes:-

• Setting up a charity
• Governing a charity
• Managing charity regulation
• Managing charity finance
• Generating income
• Managing charities
• Managing staff and volunteers
• Winding up a charity

There have been many developments since the previous (5th) edition, as follows:

• New fundraising regulations has been published
• New Charities Act 2016 has been published
• Charities SORP has been updated (Charities SORP (FRS 102)/Charities SORP (FRS 102) Update Bulletin 1)
• New Northern Ireland regulatory regime has been implemented
• There have been audit rule changes (eg new guidance on independent examination of charity accounts and whistleblowing)
• New charity governance code is to be published in early 2017
• New rules of payments to trustees have been published
• New content on fundraising through social media will be included
• The Common Reporting Standard has a new requirement for charities who are investment entities to report any payments made to tax residents outside the UK, under the Automatic Exchange of Information requirements
• Consultation on benefits under gift aid will have been finalised
• Changes to retail gift aid and the Small Donation Scheme will be included
• There is a new requirement to hold Register of People with Significant Control
• More diagrams/precedents/checklists are included