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Short-form analysis from our practice leads on the issues shaping social enterprise and charity governance this year, from Procurement Act implementation to the practical realities of the CIC asset lock in contested mergers and acquisitions.

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Analysis and commentary on the social enterprise and charity landscape

Article2026-06-127 min read

What full Procurement Act implementation means for your Social Value Model score

As contracting authorities complete their transition, we set out where CICs and charities are losing marks that have nothing to do with the quality of their delivery.

Crescent Covenant CIC

Procurement ActSocial Value ModelPublic sector
Article2026-03-046 min read

The asset lock clause that kills more mergers than any legal dispute

Two well-intentioned CICs, one badly drafted asset lock, and a merger that took eleven months longer than it should have.

Crescent Covenant CIC

Asset lockMergersCIC
Article2025-11-195 min read

Trustees are still assuming fundraising agencies carry the compliance risk. They don't.

A pattern across three unrelated Fundraising Regulator complaints this year, and what it says about board oversight.

Tobias Wren

Fundraising RegulatorTrusteesCompliance
Article2026-01-228 min read

CIC or CIO: the decision founders are getting wrong in 2026

Dividend caps, asset locks and regulator scrutiny have shifted since 2021. The old rules of thumb no longer apply cleanly.

Crescent Covenant CIC

CICCIOLegal structure
Article2026-07-146 min read

The Code of Fundraising Practice review nobody in the sector is talking about

A quiet consultation could reshape third-party fundraising oversight requirements for smaller charities.

Tobias Wren

Fundraising RegulatorPolicy

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