For UK community organisations
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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Free tools
Five calculators, no email walls.
Interactive decision aids for the most-Googled compliance questions. Each one ends with an optional email summary — we don't add you to any list.
Should we register as a charity?
Guided check — are you charitable in law, which registration route applies, and which structure should you compare?
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Charity audit threshold
Income, assets, structure and year-end → R&P or accruals, IE or audit. Selects the correct 30 September 2026 threshold regime.
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GASDS calculator
Standard-method ceiling, 25% top-up and matching limit, with penalty and special-rule checks.
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Volunteer DBS check
Triage a role, identify clear regulated activity, and check fact-specific cases with the official DBS eligibility tool.
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Temporary Event Notice
Does your event need a TEN? Standard vs late deadlines and the 499-attendee limit explained.
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Latest guides
What we've written so far.
Insurance · 2026 guide
Village hall insurance: cover, costs and buying guide
The core covers, typical cost bands, renewal checks and the buildings-valuation trap that catches 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 an eligible link leads to a policy, we may earn a commission — but we never recommend a product we wouldn't suggest to a trustee in our own family.