Thinking of donating to charity?

[ellal]

"The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT) brought in £796,106 from donors but paid out £787,314 in staff costs to its ten employees in the 12 months to March 2021.

Over half of the cash went to its five most senior executives who earned £420,000 between them, Charity Commission accounts show.

Chris Kelly, the chief executive, earns at least £140,000 – a similar salary to the boss of the RSPCA, despite the animal charity raising some £130million in donations and employing nearly 2,000 staff.

The QCT has already raised eyebrows for promoting online coaching company BetterUp, which employs Prince Harry as its chief impact officer"

Most of them are a con...

And 'jobs for the boys/girls'!

I only contribute to local ones such as feeding the homeless, although I make an exception for the RNLI

 

[transam]

Another bunch of fruit cakes trousering charitable donations

 

[Dork Lard]

Which is why I now give directly to those causes where I can physically see with my own eyes where & how the £money is spent.

 

[motorbiking]

I worked with the charity sector in my early career. I'd rather work with casino banks, fewer crooks. The big brands literally p*** the Money away on consultants and consultants on consultants. You will find one or two people who do the work and an army of Quentins and Ruperts with a 2.1 in politics from a polyversity, hired in as "change managers" or "transformation" experts to oversee everything.

 

[Mottie]

And if anyone cares to look at the accounts, you can see where the money was actually spent. Ignore the cut 'n' paste job from the OP - It's a well known anti-royal poster who pledged to leave the UK in 2019 but is still here. You didn't see any threads started from that poster for the 2018 and 2019 accounting period's did you? Thought not. That's how accounting works but that poster has never been that hot understanding 'businessy' things. Good at reposting anti-UK propaganda though.

Income / Expenditure 2018 2019 2020 2021


Total gross income £2.79m £3.65m £796.76k £796.11k

Total expenditure £1.47m £882.11k £1.45m £1.53m

 

[IT Minion]

Has everyone lost the ability to add a link to where they're copy and pasting from?

 

[Mottie]

Has everyone lost the ability to add a link to where they're copy and pasting from?

No more than those that have lost the ability to use a search engine.

My figures were taken from here - I think they can be relied on:

THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH TRUST - 1172107 (charitycommission.gov.uk)

Ellals were as reported in something ellal often refers to as the 'Daily Fail' when someone else quotes from that particular newspaper although I'm sure Ellal will stand by it as it now suits it's hatred of all things British.

Royal charity spent 98% of its cash raised in one year on paying just 10 staff, probe reveals (dailymail.co.uk)

 

[The Samaritan]

As educated people will be aware, charities are just as prone to fraud as any other small to mid-sized business.

The difference is that some set up a charity to line their own pockets and there has been a few over the years in the media.

The clever ones will ensure some money goes to a good cause but pay themselves heaps. That is not against the law it is up to you to determine who you give your money to and what percentage goes to the cause

Thanks

 

[IT Minion]

No more than those that have lost the ability to use a search engine.

My figures were taken from here - I think they can be relied on:

THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH TRUST - 1172107 (charitycommission.gov.uk)

Ellals were as reported in something ellal often refers to as the 'Daily Fail' when someone else quotes from that particular newspaper although I'm sure Ellal will stand by it as it now suits it's hatred of all things British.

Royal charity spent 98% of its cash raised in one year on paying just 10 staff, probe reveals (dailymail.co.uk)

I see it as basic good manners. If you're quoting something why make someone else wander off to try and find your source? I expect better of you.

also, thanks for the links.

 

[IT Minion]

It looks like they do have fixed costs of roughly £750k in salaries for 12 staff. And in one year they only got given enough to cover those costs, but that was a bad year.

Typical daily mail stuff. Arguably true but so misrepresented that it's almost a lie.

 

[The Samaritan]

I see it as basic good manners. If you're quoting something why make someone else wander off to try and find your source? I expect better of you.

Indeed a great point.

 

[AngleEyes]

As educated people will be aware, charities are just as prone to fraud as any other small to mid-sized business.

The difference is that some set up a charity to line their own pockets and there has been a few over the years in the media.

The clever ones will ensure some money goes to a good cause but pay themselves heaps. That is not against the law it is up to you to determine who you give your money to and what percentage goes to the cause

Thanks

I think there are ratings or some criteria that charities have to achieve in order to maintain their charitable registration.

 

[The Samaritan]

I think there are ratings or some criteria that charities have to achieve in order to maintain their charitable registration.

I doubt it as I've read stories where only 1p in the pound goes to the good cause.

 

[AngleEyes]

I doubt it as I've read stories where only 1p in the pound goes to the good cause.

There are some regs, but I don't know the details:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prepare-a-charity-annual-return

The details of the annual returns depends on the amount the charity handles. The link provides far more details.

There is also a 'Charity Ratings' organisation, but I'm not sure if it just applies to US charities.

 

[AngleEyes]

There are other regs:

• How charities are regulated

How charities are regulated
There are clear rules on what charities can and cannot do with their money. This means you can have confidence when you give to a registered charity that your donation will be used to make a positive difference.

The Charity Commission
The Charity Commission is the government body that regulates charities. It keeps a register of charities, which you view online to check that a charity is registered and to see its annual report and accounts.

https://howcharitieswork.com/transparency-and-accountability/how-charities-are-regulated/
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There's also a UK Charity Ratings Org:

Top-Rated Charities
Groups included on the CharityWatch Top-Rated list generally spend 75% or more of their budgets on programs, spend $25 or less to raise $100 in public support, do not hold excessive assets in reserve, have met CharityWatch's governance benchmarks, and receive "open-book" status for disclosure of basic financial information and documents to CharityWatch. Please see the Our Process page of the website for more information on the rating criteria and methodology that CharityWatch adheres to.
https://www.charitywatch.org/top-ra...fqiolxh7PXp1j1c33ouPistHdosflPYhoCcYkQAvD_BwE
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Sorry that's a US one. Here's a UK one:

How do we rate charities?
We believe our ratings dramatically improve the quantity and quality of information available to donors.
https://www.charityclarity.org.uk/how-do-we-rate-charities/​