Nigel Kippax is a charity sector advisor and an associate with Charity Finance Group. In this comment piece, he discusses how the charity sector’s long standing financial challenges are less about a lack of money and more about unchallenged assumptions, growth mindsets, and outdated funding models that may be limiting real social impact.

ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has today welcomed the benevolent approach to charity trustees that today’s Kids Company verdict has upheld, whilst recognising that the 221-page verdict contains important lessons for all those involved in the governance of charities. Overall, the judgement underscores the importance of good governance: of effective oversight, training, assurance and risk management, all of which is best supported by a governance professional.

Valentina Dotto, Policy Adviser at CGIUKI, reflects on why the latest Gender Diversity in AIM Company Boards report exposes a market stuck on progress, why board diversity matters for effective governance and competitiveness, and why deliberate action is now essential if AIM companies are to close the widening gap with the FTSE 350.

Meet John Davies as he tells us what it's like to work as a Governance Director at Beyond Governance

This week, the 6 to 10 November, is Trustees’ Week, where organisations up and down the UK celebrate the achievements and contributions of trustees within all kinds of not-for-profits.

Eleanor Gray is the Director of Inquiry for NHS England. In this comment blog she explores how public inquiries examine whether organisations can clearly evidence their decision-making, risk management, and culture under scrutiny, and why consistent, transparent processes are critical to demonstrating accountability.

Formula One’s 2026 Concorde Agreement has quietly reshaped the sport’s power structures by separating commercial terms from governance for the first time. The move reflects growing pressure on the FIA and F1 to demonstrate transparency, accountability and faster decision‑making.

There is no doubting the ramifications for business and other international and UK organisations, or the attention government is now placing on tracking the real owners of business and property in the UK.

Local authority law and practice continues to change at pace. Over many years Knowles has established itself as the authority on the law and practice of local authority meetings and decision-making.