The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016: an analysis of compliance with fundraising reporting as of June 2020. (September 2020)
The Fundraising Regulator has published the results of its latest review into charities’ compliance with the fundraising reporting requirements in Section 13 of the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016. It is a legal requirement under the Act for charities registered in England and Wales with a gross income of over £1 million to include statements on their fundraising activities in their annual report.
The review assesses a sample of 187 charity annual reports against the six fundraising reporting requirements in the Act and finds that although charities are complying in some areas, there is still work to do to improve reporting.
The review found:
• 81% of reports included a statement about a charity’s fundraising approach. • 67% of reports included a statement on the regulatory schemes they adhered to. • 59% of reports included a statement on the number of complaints about fundraising. • 41% of reports included a statement on third-party monitoring. • 40% of reports included a statement on protecting vulnerable people.
Although many charities are reporting on their fundraising approach, of concern is that many are not reporting on their monitoring of third parties, protecting vulnerable people, their commitment to voluntary regulations and complaints received.
While the review found that very few reports (21%) complied with all six of the fundraising reporting requirements, the regulator recognises that this is only the second year that charities have had to report in this way.
