Tag: Fundraising Regulator

Fundraising Regulator publishes annual report and accounts for 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has recently published its latest annual report and accounts for the 2021/22 financial year. This comes following research showing that awareness of the regulator has more than doubled since 2019, rising from less than one in ten, to one in five members of the general public. They also announced a 98% payment rate of the annual Fundraising Levy for 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022, by charities spending £100,000 or more each year on their fundraising activities. This demonstrates continued strong support for the voluntary regulatory…

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Fundraising Regulator publishes new research and guidance to support compliance with fundraising reporting requirements

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has published new research and updated guidance to support compliance with the fundraising reporting requirements in the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 (the Act). The Act requires charities in England and Wales with an income of over £1 million to provide statements on specific areas of their fundraising in their annual report, which is submitted to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.  In July 2022, we reviewed the annual reports of 198 charities with an income of over £1 million to provide a benchmark for…

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Research finds that three quarters of respondents would be more confident in supporting a charity that displayed the Fundraising Badge

Stuart Mitchell

A post by Daisy Houghton, Head of Communications and Corporate Services, for the Fundraising Regulator discsses the importance of the Fundraising Badge. Looking out for the Fundraising Badge – the logo that says ‘registered with Fundraising Regulator’ – is a key part of our safer giving advice for the public. We’ve been asking people to ‘look for the badge’ for quite a while, and this year we have worked to get it in front of audiences we might not have engaged with before. After a year of this dedicated digital marketing,…

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Fundraising Regulator publishes latest Annual Complaints Report for 2021/22

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has recently published its latest Annual Complaints Report which covers the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. The report analyses complaints received by the Fundraising Regulator and complaints reported to 56 of the UK’s largest fundraising charities. Data reported by the sample of charities that we surveyed shows that most have returned to in-person fundraising methods, such as door-to-door and in-person collections, after this activity was restricted throughout the pandemic. However, the volume of in-person fundraising activity generally remains below pre-pandemic levels, suggesting the sector…

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Fundraising Regulator unveils its new five-year Strategic Plan for 2022-27

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has published its first Strategic Plan as an established regulatory body, covering the period 2022 – 2027. With this new five-year Strategic Plan, they intend to move into the next phase of their development, while ensuring they continue to respond appropriately and flexibly to changes in the charitable fundraising sector.  Developed following engagement with charity networks and other stakeholders, the strategy sets out their regulatory objectives and priorities for the period 2022 – 2027 and addresses the new trends in charitable fundraising which have emerged since they …

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