Charity

The Christian development charity Tearfund’s income dropped by £11m this year due to a loss of US foreign aid funding, figures have shown. According to the charity’s latest accounts, it recorded an income of £69.2m in the year ending 31 March 2026, down from £80.2m the year before. The charity’s restricted income fell by nearly

Union members are demanding improvements to working conditions after record-breaking heatwaves Originally Posted Here

Increasing number of ‘bad actors’ exploiting charitable status for private benefit, regulator warns The Charity Commission’s second annual Charity Sector Risk Assessment reported a “sustained upward trend” in the number of cases relating to charitable status being abused for private benefit in recent years. It found a 38 per cent increase in such cases (from

Sinéad Rocks will become chief executive of ScreenSkills, the UK screen industry’s skills charity, in November. She succeeds Laura Mansfield, who announced in June that she would step down in mid-August. The charity refused to comment on Mansfield’s next steps. Rocks brings more than 30 years of experience in the broadcasting industry and previously served

The charity has said it is positive about its retail performance following media reports that elements of its operation may be at risk Originally Posted Here

A charity supporting elderly people in Berkshire has announced it will close in September due to ongoing financial pressures. Age Concern Twyford & District said that after 38 years of serving the local community, the charity was no longer financially viable; but staff have launched a fundraising campaign in a bid to save the centre.

Administrators for Bemix said the social enterprise charity had made a ‘significant contribution’ to the local community over the past 25 years by Dami Adewale Originally Posted Here

Caroline Stevens is stepping down as chief executive of the National Autistic Society to spend more time with her family. Stevens, who has led the charity since 2019, will leave the organisation in September. She said the decision “was never going to be easy”, but added that her family is “entering a new chapter that

Charity leaders have warned that forcing people who receive benefits to work for charities is “fundamentally at odds” with the ethos of volunteering, in response to policy proposals outlined by Reform UK. The criticism comes in response to Reform UK’s Welfare to Work plan, which would require some welfare claimants to carry out council-assigned work

The Africa Centre closed its doors last month amid ongoing financial struggles Originally Posted Here

An increasing number of “bad actors” are taking advantage of charities for private benefit and, in some cases, attempting to intentionally set up charities for this purpose, a new report from the Charity Commission has warned. The regulator’s second annual Charity Sector Risk Assessment reported a “sustained upward trend” in the number of cases relating

Philanthropy advisers and donor advised funds are among the forms of giving that could displace charities, paper says Originally Posted Here

The Scottish arm of a walking charity is facing potential legal action over alleged “misleading and inaccurate” communications amid a dispute about walkers’ access to four munros in Glen Lyon. The legal threat against Ramblers Scotland comes from North Chesthill Estate, family-run land that includes routes for access to Càrn Gorm, Meall Garbh, Càrn Mairg

More than nine in 10 charities have introduced restrictions on their services in response to increased funding pressures, new research has found. The investment management provider Rathbones Group commissioned the market research company Pureprofile to interview senior people at 100 charities holding more than £5bn in investments. The research, which was conducted in July, found

All of the smaller charity’s staff will transfer to the larger organisation Originally Posted Here

Two now-closed community interest companies breached the Code of Fundraising Practice for unlicensed street fundraising and “pressuring” behaviour, an investigation has concluded.  The Fundraising Regulator said its probe followed multiple complaints about street fundraising by Atoma Union and its sister organisation Youth Works, including reports of “aggressive” behaviour. Both organisations had been dissolved by the

National Lottery good cause income down by £100m year on year  The National Lottery’s quarterly contributions to good causes fell by £107.8m year on year after a court case caused its operator “very significant reductions in revenue” due to delays in implementing income-generation measures. Figures from the Gambling Commission showed that contributions to good causes

The Charity Commission has issued regulatory guidance to trustees of Edgware United Synagogue, following complaints about a real estate event in London this summer. The regulator has closed its case, but Third Sector understands its conclusion is subject to a formal decision review. The commission’s engagement reportedly followed a “number of complaints” submitted in relation

ActionAid UK received a record-high income from legacies last year, new figures show. The charity’s latest accounts, for the year to the end of December 2025, show its legacy income was £4.5m, compared with the £3.5m recorded in 2024. It helped the charity record a slight increase in annual income from £46.1m in 2024 to

Intimidation and targeting of charity staff must be stopped, the chief executive of an infrastructure body has said. Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, chief executive of the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, has urged the government and funders to be ready to support when charity staff face credible threats. It comes after the Charity Commission revealed that a quarter

The RSPB has launched an emergency appeal to restore a reserve in Suffolk after it suffered “severe” damage from wildfires. The “biggest blaze in living memory” tore through RSPB Minsmere at the end of the last month, the charity said. An RSPB spokesperson said: “The blaze has tragically decimated the largest area of heathland on

Repayable finance is not an appropriate funding model for all charitable organisations, a new report warns. Research from New Philanthropy Capital and Social Investment Business has found that grant income should remain a permanent form of funding for some charities, social enterprises, community interest companies and community benefit societies.  The report lays out a framework

The Army Benevolent Fund’s income fell by £25m last year after it received a legacy gift of the same amount in the previous 12 months, latest figures show. The charity’s accounts for the year to the end of March 2026 reveal it recorded an income of £13.7m over the course of the year, down from

Interim managers have been appointed to an unregistered spiritualist charity amid an inquiry into it and a connected charitable organisation. The Charity Commission launched its investigation into the charity behind London Spiritual Mission, which runs spiritualist services from its venue in Notting Hill, in December 2023. The inquiry into the charity, which is registered as

A primate welfare and conservation charity has closed its monkey sanctuary site after potential buyers “dropped out without notice”. Wild Futures said last week it made the “difficult decision” to close the sanctuary at its site near Looe in Cornwall after more than 60 years. The charity said a rehoming process for its 26 monkeys

The National Lottery’s quarterly contributions to good causes has dropped by £107.8m in the past year, after a court case caused its operator “very significant reductions in revenue” due to delays in implementing income-generation measures.  Figures from the Gambling Commission showed that contributions to good causes in the first quarter of 2026/27 (April to June)

The government has appointed the chief executive of Cancer Research UK to the board of the National Lottery Community Fund. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said Michelle Mitchell and Sunder Katwala, director of the charitable think tank British Future, would join the grantmaker’s board with immediate effect. They succeed Peter Stewart and

The cyber-security incident must act as a ‘wake-up call’ for charities, an expert says Originally Posted Here

The cholesterol charity Heart UK has appointed John Orchard as its next chief executive. Orchard, who will join after three years in the top job at the conservation charity Woodland Heritage, succeeds Jules Payne, who is retiring after 16 years in the role. Before joining Woodland Heritage, Orchard spent eight years as chief executive of

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into a religious charity over alleged links to Hamas. The regulator said it had also restricted certain financial transactions at the Al-Khair Foundation, which operates in the UK and internationally. The Islamic charity was set up in 2003 to advance religion, promote education, support social welfare, build religious