Reporting by Activity: Does Your Reporting Reflect How You Operate?

About this episode

Aishat discusses the complexities of charity reporting and the implications of the updated Charity SORP.

Pick up a copy of my newly published interactive, activity-based resource designed to help build confidence with charity finance terminology:: Charity Finance A–Z: A Creative Crossword & Colouring Book Or explore the glossary-style guide: Charity Finance from A - Z In this episode, Aishat explores a question many charities are quietly wrestling with as discussions around the updated Charity SORP continue: Should charities continue reporting expenditure under one broad “charitable activities” heading, or is it time to break reporting down by programme, service area, or activity? This is not simply a technical accounting conversation. It is a governance conversation. A visibility conversation. And ultimately, a decision-making conversation. The episode explores how this issue can show up differently in small charities, growing organisations, and larger, more established charities with complex structures and multiple funding streams. KEY TAKEAWAY Organisational growth often creates complexity faster than reporting structures evolve. Financial reporting should help organisations tell an honest and useful story about their mission, activities, complexity, and reality. Reporting by…

People in this episode

Host: Aishat

Topics covered

• charity finance
• reporting
• governance
• expenditure
• organisational growth
• accounting

Keywords

• charity
• reporting by activity
• financial reporting
• charitable activities
• governance
• visibility
• decision-making

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Charity SORP

Products: Charity Finance A–Z: A Creative Crossword & Colouring Book, Charity Finance from A - Z

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