Jordans Charities Administration Service provides straightforward administrative direction and legal guidance for all individuals wanting to run a charity successfully.
Written and compiled by a team of experts, this practical, easy-to-use guide will provide you
ith essential information on all you need to know about ensuring your charity complies with the legal requirements now expected. Praised for its clear and easy to understand format, this handy resource has everything you need in one place … saving you valuable time and money.
Containing sample forms, checklists and model documents along with extensive practical notes on every aspect of running a charity - from setting up a trust deed to financial and other public reporting - this work takes the strain out of the day-to-day running of a charity. Its clear and straightforward layout makes it exceptionally easy to find out what the latest legal requirements are and gives you the ability to implement them accurately and cost-effectively.
Accessible
Written in plain language and divided into discrete sections, every chapter contains a summary of the most important principles relating to that subject area so you can easily gain a quick overview.
Flexible
Inclusion of forms and other precedents on the accompanying CD-ROM allows you to complete documentation on screen, print and save it (in Microsoft Word) or even adapt and save the template in accordance with your own requirements.
Authoritative
Written by professional charity advisers who have extensive expert knowledge of the charity sector.
Practical
Checklists, sample forms and model documents include new material for the latest charity and company law changes and indicate exactly how to deal with events and transactions in practice.
Up-to-date
Comprehensive updating to the manual ensures you are aware of all the most recent news and developments.
Jordans Charities Administration Service provides guidance, checklists and model documents on the key areas including:
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Personnel and employment procedures - including contracts, disciplinary and dismissal procedures
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Protection of children and vulnerable people, equality and discrimination
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Fundraising, trading and tax - legacies, sponsorship, donated goods, professional fundraisers, lotteries, trading and public collections
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Public accountability and reporting - disclosures, records and registers, accounting and reporting
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Investment, grants and land; risk management and insurance - including risk policy and risk assessment
- Website and electronic communication, data protection, freedom of information and intellectual property
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Dispute resolution and credit control - with model documents for demands and claims, instructing a solicitor and issuing proceedings
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The Companies Act 2006 - the latest impacts on charitable companies and trading subsidiaries and how to meet them
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Scotland and Northern Ireland - both are now subject to their own charity law regimes. The Service offers guidance on the special requirements of relevant legislation
Who is it for?
Designed specifically for use by professionals working as advisers to the charity sector or within an individual charity, the service offers detailed materials for charities that are companies limited by guarantee, trusts and unincorporated members' associations. Other general items will assist in the administration of charities in the less common legal forms.
Why Subscribe?
-It is the only legal secretarial administration handbook for charities.
-It provides latest commentary on key risk areas including HR and discrimination
-Includes precedent documents to help you plan members' and trustees' meetings
-Offers expert guidance on charity tax, trading and fundraising
The NCVO
The manual is published in association with the NCVO (the National Council for Voluntary Organisations). The NCVO is the umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England with a membership of over 1000 voluntary organisations, ranging from the large national bodies to community groups, volunteer bureaux and development agencies working at local level.
They represent the views of their members and the wider voluntary sector to Government, the Charity Commission, the EU and other bodies. They also provide high quality information and advice to voluntary organisations through their Helpdesk, publications, NCVO News, events and information networks.
2012 Subscription Information
Loose-leaf + CD-ROM
4 updates per year, invoiced upon publication - approx HKD 1,500 each
