Articles and guides for charity teams

Guide for UK charities on designing impact dashboards non-finance trustees can use for governance decisions, with clear metrics, trends, and risk context.

What funders look for, how to build a case they can say yes to, and how to write a grant budget that stands up to scrutiny, for small charity teams.

How to set up recurring donations, choose the right payment method, onboard monthly donors well, and reduce cancellations to build dependable charity income.

A step-by-step walkthrough of registering a charity in England and Wales: the income threshold, the right structure, the governing document and trustee sign-off.

How to write volunteer role descriptions that attract the right people, run a welcome that works, and build the habits that make good volunteers stay for years.

How to find corporate sponsors, work out what your charity can offer a business, price the partnership, and build sponsorships that companies renew.

How UK charities can build a grant-writing calendar that improves bid quality with capacity planning, opportunity scoring, and disciplined review cycles.

UK charity guide to choosing Google Workspace or Microsoft 365: governance, collaboration, security controls, admin overhead, and migration trade-offs.

How Gift Aid works, which donations qualify, how to register and claim through HMRC, and the mistakes that get claims rejected. A plain guide for charity teams.