Charity Seminar – Buckfast Abbey
June 11 @ 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Our annual Charity Seminar is taking place on Tuesday 11 June at Buckfast Abbey.
This year we have a focus on trustees’ responsibilities and governance issues, so more than ever we would welcome Trustees to join us as well as members of finance teams.
We also welcome James Evans from Tozers and our keynote speaker this year is Anna Jay from Public Leaders Appointments.
Join us for an interesting and informative morning, followed by lunch and many opportunities to network with others in the third sector.
9am arrival for refreshments, 9.30am seminar begins, 11.00am break with refreshments, 12.30pm lunch.
Agenda:
- Board and committee structures
- Skills audits
- Board meetings – what does good look like
- Trustee induction process
- Audit market & charities
- General charity law update including latest Charities Act 2022 implementation
- Is your charity’s governing document still fit for purpose?
- Dealing with old restricted funds and permanent endowment- what can be done to free up funds?
- Risk registers as part of wider risk management
- What does a good risk register look like?
- Maintaining and using your risk register
- How the board can check risk mitigations are working
- Going concern assessment and reserves
- Actions you should consider if there are going concern and solvency issues
- Common misconceptions in these areas
- Navigating an evolving tax compliance landscape
- Key VAT risks facing charities
- Trustee responsibilities & how to manage tax risks
- Introduction to Public Leaders Appointments
- The role the voluntary sector plays in society
- Recruitment to the sector – specifically Trustees
- Importance of diversity on boards and how we can address this
To book your free to attend place – please follow this link https://pkffrancisclark.zohobackstage.eu/BuckfastCharityseminar
If you are unable to travel to the seminar, we are also running a couple of webinars covering the same agenda. To book – please check out our events page for links.