Charities and risk management (CC26)
Guidance from the charity regulator for England and Wales on how trustees identify, assess and manage risks to their charity. It defines a risk as any event that could stop a charity achieving its aims or carrying out its strategies, with examples such as reputational damage, lost funding, poor investments and policy changes. Trustees use it to set up and review a risk register and to report on risk in their accounts.
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Charity Commission for England and Wales (2010). Charities and risk management (CC26). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charities-and-risk-management-cc26
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