Tag: Fundraising Regulator

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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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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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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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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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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