Articles and guides for charity teams

The plain one-page theory of change that charity staff and trustees actually use throughout the year to make decisions about programmes, funding and risk.

UK charities leave around £560m of Gift Aid unclaimed every year. The audit and process changes that recover most of the leak inside a single quarter.

The seven cyber security basics every UK charity should put in place this month to block the attacks that actually happen across the sector each year.

Where UK charity technology stands in 2026 - what is finally working, what is still over-promised, and the decisions trustees should act on now. Vendor-neutral.

Resilient under-£1m charities run on discipline, not scale - the specific reports, ratios, and monthly rhythms that separate them from fragile ones.

A two-page charity risk register that actually changes decisions - the key fields, maintenance rhythm, and traps that turn most registers into shelf-ware.

Small charities under £500k can run a serious safeguarding programme without hiring a specialist. The minimum credible setup and review cycle to have in place.

A preference centre is one of the cheapest retention tools a charity has - if supporters actually use it. The design and copy choices that make the difference.

A proportionate volunteer governance framework for UK charities - protects volunteers and the organisation without excessive paperwork or specialist help.