Welcome to the Charity Governance website 

governance is the essential resource for charity trustees. It provides comprehensive yet concise coverage of all the issues trustees need to be aware of, and offers practical advice to help boards implement clear, well thought-out strategies that will ensure their charity’s success.

Already the biggest-selling title in the not-for-profit sector after three years in circulation, governance is guaranteed to turn its readers into more effective trustees. find out more ...

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What's new

Learning from others

• Diversity and umbrella organisations
• Fraud at the top
• Dysfunctional board with a weak chair
• Trading companies: hidden liabilities for trustee and staff directors?

Regulation, law & finance

• Members – asset or liability – why have them?
• When does liability of trustees begin and end?
• Gift horse or Trojan horse?

Strategy & performance

• Public service delivery: what trustees need to know and do
• Dealing with ethical dilemmas
• Things that go bump in the night

Issues for the chair

• Dealing with a reticent trustee