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Resources for boards and senior leadership teams navigating the Charity Governance Code, trustee liability, conflicts of interest and the governance failures that most often trigger regulator intervention.

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Category: Governance

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Board effectiveness, compliance and risk resources

Briefing2025-10-1413 min read

The seven principles of the Charity Governance Code, tested against real board failures

We map each principle of the Code against the governance failures we most commonly find during reviews.

Grace Okonjo

Charity Governance CodeBoard effectiveness

Briefing2025-09-1510 min read

When does a trustee become personally liable? A briefing for new boards

Clarifying the limited circumstances in which trustee liability can extend beyond the charity's own assets.

Tobias Wren

TrusteesLiabilityRisk

Briefing2026-04-027 min read

Conflicts of interest: the register isn't the safeguard, the conversation is

Why a well-maintained register can still coexist with serious undisclosed conflicts, and how to close the gap.

Crescent Covenant CIC

Conflicts of interestGovernance

Briefing2026-06-3011 min read

The five governance failures most likely to trigger regulator intervention

Drawn from Charity Commission and CIC Regulator enforcement patterns over the past three years.

Crescent Covenant CIC

Charity CommissionCIC RegulatorEnforcement

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Templates and publications in this category

Board skills matrix templateA trustee and director skills matrix used to identify recruitment gaps ahead of a board renewal cycle.XLSX · 180KB
Trustee induction pack templateAn induction pack covering legal duties, conflicts of interest and decision-making processes for incoming trustees.PDF · 1.4MB

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