Denise Copeland
Governance and Charity Advice Manager
Organisational Development
Governance and Charity Advice
Denise's Latest content
| Title | Type | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special rules for holding company AGMs online have ended | Article | Companies must now follow their Articles of Association in relation to the holding of general meetings. | Published |
| Independent review of charity regulation engagement meetings | Article | The Independent Review Panel of Charity Regulation seeks your views on how well the charities regulatory framework, which is administered by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, is working and what could work better. | Draft |
| Independent review of charity regulation has commenced | Article | The Minister for Communities has commissioned an independent review of charity regulation in N.Ireland which commenced on 25 January 2021. | Draft |
| Making time for governance | Article | The past year has been a challenging time for organisations across the sector but technology has enabled many of us to do things differently, whether it be holding our board meetings online or adapting our services to meet public health guidance. | Draft |
| Reserves policy guidance | Resource | A reserves policy helps trustees to justify holding appropriate levels of financial reserves to protect against future uncertainties. It is something which various stakeholders may be interested in viewing from time to time. | Published |
| AGMs and company house filings | Article | Companies, registered societies and credit unions that are due to hold an AGM in early 2021 will be glad to hear that they will be permitted to hold this online. | Draft |
| Trustees' Week 2020 was a hit with Trustees | Article | Trustees’ Week is a time to celebrate and recognise the great work done by thousands of trustees. This year Trustees got the opportunity to brush up on their governance knowledge at our series of webinars for Trustees. | Published |
| Trustee annual reporting webinar recording | Article | If you missed our webinar on Trustee annual reporting for Trustees' Week you can watch it now at the link below. | Published |
| The Code of Good Governance in a virtual world webinar recording | Article | If you missed the Developing Governance Group's webinar for Trustees' Week on the Code of Good Governance in a virtual world, you can watch it now below. | Published |
| What does being a charity trustee mean? webinar recording | Article | Sarah Finnegan, Head of Compliance and Enquiries at the Charity Commission for NI, kicked off Trustees’ Week with a webinar on What does being a charity trustee mean? | Published |
| Charities SORP - Time for Trustees to have their say | Article | Charities which prepare accounts on the accruals basis are legally required to apply the Charities SORP. This SORP is in the early stages of being redeveloped and charity trustees' views are being sought. | Published |
| Trustees' Week 2020 | Article | Trustees’ week is a time to recognise and value the work that thousands of Trustees do voluntarily for organisations of different sizes and purpose across the voluntary and community sector. | Draft |
| Identifying and managing risk (CFNI) webinar recording | Article | If you missed our webinar on Identifying and Managing Risk on 7 October 2020 you can watch it now via the link below. | Published |
| Annual general meetings | Article | Organisations that are due to hold an AGM in the autumn will be glad to hear that new temporary rules have come into force which allow companies, registered societies and credit unions to hold general meetings online. | Published |
| Managing finances and options for sustainability in uncertain times Webinar recording | Article | NICVA facilitated a webinar on 24 September 2020 on 'Managing finances in uncertain times and the options for sustainability.' | Published |
| Risk management guidance to help you move forward | Article | Many boards will be faced with making difficult decisions in the near future so it is imperative that they are getting the right information to help achieve the best outcomes for their organisations. | Published |
| Charity street collections can resume | Article | The PSNI has announced that street collections can recommence if collectors use a suitable object to adhere to the one metre social distancing rule. | Published |
| Creating/reviewing your reserves policy webinar recording | Article | If you missed our webinar on 'creating/reviewing your reserves policy' you can watch it now via the link below. | Published |
| Effective online trustee meetings webinar recording | Article | If you missed our webinar on 'Effective trustee meetings online' you can watch it now via the link below. | Published |
| Guidance for charities experiencing financial difficulties | Article | The Charity Commission has published guidance for charity trustees of smaller charities experiencing financial difficulties due to COVID-19 emergency. | Published |
| From boxing club to soup kitchen | Article | Monkstown Boxing Club is no ordinary boxing club. It had been using sport to deliver innovative programmes to young people in the area before Covid-19 struck. | Published |
| Trustee responsibilities under GDPR webinar recording | Article | If you missed our recent webinar on 'Trustee responsibilities under GDPR' you can watch it now via the link below. | Published |
| Managing finance in difficult times webinar | Article | If you missed our recent webinar on 'Managing finance in difficult times' delivered by Tony Clarke from Clarke & Co Accountants Ltd, you can watch it now via the link below. | Published |
| Wrongful trading provisions to be temporarily suspended for UK companies | Article | Charitable companies and their trading subsidiaries will be relieved to hear that the government is planning to temporarily suspend wrongful trading provisions retrospectively from 1 March 2020 until 30 June. | Published |
| Is your organisation carrying out different activities as a result of the coronavirus? | Article | Many voluntary organisations are helping out with the impact of the coronavirus but are they restricted by their own governing document from doing so? | Published |
| Companies House - extension for filing accounts | Article | Registered companies will be able to apply to Companies House for a 3-month extension for filing their accounts to help them deal with the impact of Covid-19 | Published |
| Charity Commission issues updated guidance for charities during the coronavirus outbreak | Article | The Charity Commission's guidance now includes important advice on charity finance, safeguarding, charitable purposes, fundraising, data protection, annual reporting, charity meetings and charity registration. | Draft |
| Charity meetings during the Coronavirus outbreak | Article | Charity trustee meetings and AGMs are usually held on a face-to-face basis, however, during the coronavirus period charities will need to consider public health, while maintaining good governance at the same time. | Published |
| Responsible investment | Article | Should you be investing your charity funds more wisely? | Draft |
| NICVA response to the Regulation of Gambling consultation | Article | NICVA has prepared a response to the Regulation of Gambling in Northern Ireland consultation. | Published |
| 31 Jan - Charity annual reporting deadline | Article | If your registered charity's financial year is 1 April - 31 March then you will have a deadline of 31 January in which to submit your annual monitoring return to the Charity Commission. | Draft |
| Regulation of Gambling in Northern Ireland consultation | Article | NICVA has prepared a briefing paper on the Regulation of Gambling in Northern Ireland consultation. | Published |
| Basic finance training for small charities | Article | A series of free practical workshops for treasurers or personnel of small charities to help them establish appropriate financial systems to keep their organisation safe. | Published |
| 31 Oct - Charity annual reporting deadline | Article | If your registered charity's financial year is 1 January - 31 December then you will have a deadline of 31 October in which to submit your annual monitoring return to the Charity Commission. | Draft |
| Consultation on changes to the application for registration and the Annual Return Regulations 2019 | Article | The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is currently consulting on proposed changes that it would like to make to both the application for charity registration and the annual monitoring return. | Published |
| Code of good governance consultation | Article | The Code of Good Governance is a voluntary set of standards on good governance practice for the boards of voluntary and community organisations. | Draft |
| Charity Commission delays charity registration for some | Article | The Charity Commission is currently not registering all charitable organisations that have submitted an application due to a High Court ruling which was handed down on 16th May. | Draft |
| Developing a governance planning calendar | Resource | Creating a governance calendar is a very practical and effective way for organisations to develop their own planning framework to help them identify their key governance events and requirements throughout the course of a year. | Published |
| NICVA’s Trustees’ Annual Reporting Conference | Article | This year’s Trustees’ conference, held on 4 June 2019, was all about the Trustee Annual Report (TAR). | Published |
| Marathon fever hits NICVA | Article | This Sunday, two relay teams from NICVA (and friends) will be pounding the streets of Belfast in an effort to raise funds for Sunshine Foundation Romania. | Draft |
| Charities ‘in default’ | Article | There are currently 474 charities classified as being ‘in default’ on the charity register. | Published |
| Compliance actions for failed accounts consultation - NICVA's response | Article | The Charity Commission is proposing to change the ‘up-to-date' status display information in relation to the annual reporting information on a charity’s entry on the charity register. | Published |
| Celebrating trusteeship | Article | Trustees’ Week 2018 takes place during 12-16 November to celebrate the great work that trustees contribute to charities. It is also an opportunity for charities to think about how they could attract new people onto their Boards. | Draft |
| NICVA response to Charity Commission's strategic plan | Article | The Commission is developing a new strategic plan to guide its work from 2019-2022. It's consultation is open until 5pm on Monday 12 November 2018. | Draft |
| How good is your governance? | Article | This is a question that trustees should be considering as part of their role on the board. | Draft |
| Is your charity annual monitoring return due? | Article | The Charity Commission has issued text alerts to trustees and updated its guidance on how to complete the annual monitoring return with helpful screenshots of the online return. | Draft |
| Good governance and charity reporting | Article | The Developing Governance Group has arranged two further good governance and charity reporting seminars with the Charity Commission and local support networks in both Omagh and Newry. | Draft |
| Good Governance and Charity reporting | Article | Almost 6,000 charities are now registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and as such, must adhere to the reporting requirements for all registered charities. | Draft |
| Annual charity reporting – getting ready for the 2018 deadline | Article | This New Year's Day, over 1,000 charities will be notified by the charity regulator that they have 10 months in which to submit their annual accounts. | Draft |
| Changes to the annual monitoring return for charities | Article | The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is currently consulting on changes to the Annual Monitoring Return which all registered charities will have to complete – deadline for consultation responses is 5 pm on Tuesday 21 November 2017 | Draft |