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The Chancellor’s 2025 Budget introduces several provisions with direct implications for the charity sector. We look at the key takeaways that may affect you and your business.
The revised Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 2026, effective for financial periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026, introduces significant changes to charity reporting.
Following a public consultation over the summer, the DCMS issued the government’s response on 31 October, confirming significant changes to charity financial thresholds in England and Wales, due to take effect on 1 October 2026.
The new charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) was published on 31 October 2025 and will apply to accounting periods beginning 1 January 2026.
The use of social media for charities, and those who work and volunteer for them, has been a regular theme in Charity Commission compliance cases in recent years.
The Charity Commission has published its first annual Charity sector risk assessment 2025, intended to provide an overview of potential risks to the sector.
Changes to charity tax compliance have been announced. In this blog we explain the changes likely to affect your charity.
On 20 May 2025, the High Court delivered its judgment in Kids Company’s judicial review of the Charity Commission’s report. We provide commentary and analysis on this judgment.
This refresh is part of the Commission’s continuing project to rewrite much of its major guidance. The aim is to make it more accessible – apparently most trustees access guidance on their mobile phone screens.
Whilst the Chancellor’s Spring Statement did not include any specific mention of charities, or ease concerns regarding the impending increase to Employers National Insurance contributions, the sector will of course be following developments closely, noting that some of the changes coming down the track, notably welfare reforms, have the potential to drive demand for services.
The government confirmed this week that most of the consumer protection elements of the DMCCA will be coming into force on 6 April 2025 i.e. in 3 weeks time!
There is no good news for charities coming out of the United States at present. From funding cuts domestically and overseas, to threatened litigation and withdrawal of tax exemptions, the picture is bleak.