The Charity Commission is to publish its first-ever risk assessment of the sector including a focus on charities’ financial resilience.
This step would also highlight the abuse of charitable status for private benefit and “oversight gaps for charities delivering services”. Speaking at Grant Thornton’s Charity Conference, Amie McWilliam-Reynolds told delegates that 2025-26 will be the first year the regulator publishes a risk assessment of the sector and that it would “support trustees and charity leaders to understand the risk landscape at sector level and support decision-making”. Read the full piece here.