Tag: Fundraising Regulator

Fundraising Regulator market inquiry findings urge charities to review their subcontracted face-to-face fundraising relationships

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has published the findings of its first market inquiry into the use of subcontracting in face-to-face fundraising by charities and fundraising agencies. The regulator’s recommendation to charities includes that subcontracting firms are monitored more closely and should receive appropriate training. Charities and agencies also need to be satisfied that the payment model for fundraisers is appropriate and does not lead to bad practice. The market inquiry highlights how robust monitoring and oversight of subcontracted relationships are essential. Oversight should be rigorous enough for both charity and agency…

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The Fundraising Regulator announces proposals to increase the Fundraising Levy for the first time since 2016

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has recently announced it is opening a review to the charity sector on its proposal to increase the Fundraising Levy (the levy) for the first time since it was founded in 2016. The levy constitutes the majority of the Fundraising Regulator’s funding and sees charities that spend over £100,000 on their annual fundraising activity pay a voluntary contribution to fund the regulator’s services. The levy has always and will continue to represent a fraction of a percentage of a registered charity’s total fundraising expenditure. The proposal to…

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Complaints about door-to-door fundraising significantly risen, new report by the Fundraising Regulator reveals

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time, door-to-door fundraising generated more complaints than any other method both made directly to the Fundraising Regulator and to a sample of charities, data from the Fundraising Regulator published recently revealed. The new data was published in the Fundraising Regulator’s latest Annual Complaints Report, covering the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. The report analyses both complaints made to the regulator directly from members of the public and fundraising complaints received by a sample of 58 of the UK’s largest fundraising charities. Door-to-door fundraising…

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Fundraising Regulator launches market inquiry into the use of subcontractors by fundraising agencies

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has announced the launch of a market inquiry looking into issues relating to the use of subcontractors in fundraising by charities. The inquiry will seek to better understand how door-to-door and on-street fundraising sub-contracts are arranged and monitored in the sector.  This marks the first time that the regulator has launched a market inquiry, which looks at issues that are related to compliance with the Code of Fundraising Practice and cut across the sector.   The market inquiry will include fact-finding, sector engagement, and workshops with relevant stakeholders.…

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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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