For UK community organisations · Launching 2026
Honest answers for the people running the UK's community organisations.
Practical guides on insurance, governance and compliance — for the trustees, treasurers, secretaries and clerks of village halls, parish councils, small charities and community groups.
Start where you are.
Four routes in, depending on what you actually run.
Village halls
Insurance, hire agreements, trustee duties, buildings valuations, fundraising.
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Parish councils
Statutory duties, insurance, the clerk's role, precept and audit.
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Charities & CIOs
Legal structures, trustee liability, accounting thresholds, gift aid.
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Events & activities
Fete planning, hirers' liability, one-day cover, safeguarding.
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Latest guides
What we've written so far.
Insurance · 2026 guide
Village hall insurance: a buyer's guide for trustees
Five UK brokers compared, real cover bands, and the buildings-valuation trap that catches most committees.
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Insurance · Decision aid
Trustee indemnity insurance — do you really need it?
What it covers, what it doesn't, what the Charities Act actually requires, and when the answer is honestly no.
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Governance · Comparison
CIC vs charity vs CIO — which structure fits your group?
Setup cost, tax treatment, trustee liability, asset lock, and the conversion routes between them.
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Why this exists
Because the existing answers are PDFs.
The information small UK community organisations need is scattered across council PDFs, broker landing pages, and Charity Commission guidance that hasn't been redesigned since 2009.
We do the reading, write it in plain English, and tell you what to actually do. No login walls, no quote forms, no pretending we're a broker.
When our insurance recommendations lead to a policy, we earn a commission — but we never recommend a product we wouldn't suggest to a trustee in our own family.