Guides for trustees and treasurers
Running a charity or a social enterprise means doing several jobs you were never taught. These are the ones we get asked about most.
- You have just become a trustee — What you are actually responsible for, in six duties.
- Which accounts your charity has to file — The thresholds, and the ones changing on 1 October 2026.
- The treasurer's job — For people who are not accountants and did not expect to be.
- Managing volunteers — Recruiting, keeping and occasionally parting with them.
- Reserves, and how much is too much — Writing a policy your funders and your board both accept.
- Find out who funds work like yours — A free search of published UK grants data by charity number.