New guidance from the Charity Commission's Fraud Advisory Panel and the Charity Finance Group

Trustees are legally responsible for ensuring that their charity's funds are properly used and that they manage the risk of financial abuse, including fraud and other financial crime. Sound financial controls and good management and oversight are key to ensuring this.

The Charity Commission aims to help charities better protect themselves by raising awareness of this risk and by providing guidance to charities to help them manage it.

The Charity Commission explains its role and approach in dealing with the risk of financial abuse of charities in its 'Strategy for dealing with fraud, financial crime and financial abuse of the charity sector', which is also available in summary form.

You'll find this document and other useful information on the Charity Commission website.