Table of Contents

Preface
1 The Essentials of Charities and Not-for-Profits
2 Governance and Management
3 Membership
4 Constitutions and Legal Administration
5 Public Accountability and Reporting
6 Finance and Funding
7 Practical Operation

Appendices
1 Role Descriptions
1A Specimen role description for chairman
1B Specimen role description for secretary of an unincorporated membership charity
1C Specimen role description for secretary of a charitable company
1D Specimen role description for treasurer
1E Specimen role description for charity trustee

2 Model Declarations
2A Model declaration – candidate for charity trusteeship (unincorporated charity)
2B Model declaration – candidate for charity trusteeship (charitable company)

3 Membership
3A Membership application form (charitable company)
3B Membership resignation (charitable company)

4 Useful Contacts

About the Author

Cecile Gillard is a lawyer specialising in charity and company law at Burton Sweet. She advises clients in the charity, social enterprise and wider not-for-profit sectors and has a particular focus on constitutions, regulation and governance. She is a general editor of Jordans Charities Administration Service and co-author of Jordans Company Secretarial Precedents. She is also is a trustee of two local charities and honorary secretary of another.