Charity Excellence

Small Charity Crisis - Vital and Failing This web page summarises our recent research into the need for and challenges facing small charities, as part of our ongoing work to champion and support them. We have carried this out, partly to give them data to help strengthen funding applications but also because we have been […]

CHARITY TRUSTEE GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES Charity Excellence governance made simple with our free trustee guidance and resources for charities. Guidance and Resources for Charity Trustees The Charity Commission CC3 guidance for trustees explained simply. Charity Trustee Code of Conduct.  Charity Chair & Board - role descriptions and responsibilities.  Charity trustee role descr...

How to Maximise Your UK Charity HMRC Gift Aid Claim UK charities are missing out on claiming an estimated £500–£560 million in HMRC Gift Aid each year. Most of this money is lost not because charities are ineligible, but because Gift Aid is missed, misunderstood or feels too hard to manage. The good news is […]

How Charities are Using AI in Writing Grant Applications AI is already being used by many charities in writing grant applications but in careful, limited and very human ways. Findings from the Charity Excellence Grant Making Trust & Foundation Survey 2026 show a sector that is experimenting, learning, and setting clear boundaries around how AI […]

Future Charity Part 1 - Charities and AI 2026 AI is already shaping how charities work — often quietly, informally and without clear oversight. To help charities understand what’s really happening, Charity Excellence carried out the Future Charity AI Survey (March 2026) and brought together evidence from sector benchmarking, public attitude research and regulator guidance. [R...