Everything here is free, written for UK charities, and kept in step with Charity Commission guidance. Use it with or without The Committee Room.
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A Charity Commission–friendly minutes layout with decision and action logs built in — plus a one-page guide to what minutes must (and needn't) record.
The 90-minute agenda that ends on time: consent items grouped, decisions upfront, AOB tamed. With chairing notes in the margins.
Which policies your charity actually needs, which are optional, and how often to review each — as a ready-made three-year rolling schedule.
Every recurring deadline a charity board faces — annual return, policy reviews, trustee terms — pre-loaded with a days-until-due countdown and a year-end deadline calculator.
A rolling decision log and action log with owners, due dates and an automatic overdue counter — the follow-up system that makes minutes actually happen.
A welcome letter, first-90-days checklist and reading list — because 30% of charities give new trustees no induction at all.
The questions every board asks, answered without legalese. Reviewed against current Charity Commission guidance.
Annual returns, quorum, conflicts, trustee pay, AGMs, reserves — the questions every board asks, answered in plain English and checked against Commission guidance.
CC3 without the fog: what each duty means on an ordinary Tuesday, with examples of getting it right and wrong.
What the Charity Commission asks, what changes at £10k, £25k and £250k income, and the dates that actually matter for your year end.
Retention rules for minutes, accounts, safeguarding records and HR papers — with a one-page retention schedule to adopt.
79% of boards have a vacancy. What works beyond word of mouth: role descriptions people answer, and where to post them free.
Small, useful, and honest about what they are: a taste of what The Committee Room does automatically.
Enter your charity number and get your annual return and accounts deadlines from the public register — with optional email reminders.
Ten questions scored against the Charity Governance Code, with a personalised report emailed to you. Coming soon.
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