A copy of The Charity Service’s latest available annual report and accounts can be downloaded here: Report of the Trustees and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 ..read more

In the fifth of a series of Trustee Q&A blogs, we speak to Matt Ralph, who joined the board of The Charity Service in 2022. Can you tell us about your background and professional career? I’ve worked in Financial Services all of my professional career and I’m now a Partner at Castlefield, an employee-owned ethical ..read more

TCS recently helped to coordinate a roundtable for funders, philanthropists, advisers and others in the philanthropy ecosystem to explore the topic of systems change and philanthropy. We heard from speakers Kawika Solidum from the Centre for Social Justice, John Atherton from LocalMotion and Afshan D’Souza Lodhi from GM Systems Changers. The discussion was chaired by ..read more

The Charity Service is a UK-based grant-making charity and Donor Advised Fund Sponsor with decades of experience in the charitable sector. We support donors to understand and achieve their philanthropic goals. We also run our successful Greater Manchester Grants Programme which provides over £100,000 worth of funding to charities based in the Greater Manchester region ..read more

An important part of our work is undertaking due diligence on our grant recipients. We do this for both our Greater Manchester Grants Programme and as part of our role facilitating our Donor Advised Funds. But what actually do we mean by due diligence in this context? Ultimately we want to be reassured that the ..read more

In the fourth of a series of Trustee Q&A blogs, we speak to David Newns, who joined the board of The Charity Service in 2022. Can you tell us about your background and professional career? I graduated in Business and Administration from Bradford University in 1969. I then worked in industry all my salaried life ..read more

This blog post is about anonymous giving in particular the reasons donors might want to remain anonymous, how a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) can help and how we balance that with our values of transparency, trust and openness. What is a Donor Advised Fund (DAF)? A DAF is a philanthropic fund held by a registered ..read more

A copy of The Charity Service’s latest available annual report and accounts can be downloaded here: Report of the Trustees and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023 ..read more

Giving to overseas charities is an important part of the UK philanthropy landscape. We know many donors care deeply about causes in other countries and that supporting charities based overseas can be a direct and meaningful way to make a difference in the world. However, donors making large gifts directly to overseas charities may miss ..read more

Philanthropy is about power as well as money. Who makes the decisions about where funding can have the most impact? In a conventional funding model, funders can often tightly restrict the areas they want to fund, meaning that charities are less able to be responsive to their beneficiaries and use their knowledge and experience to direct funding to where it is needed most in that moment. A growing movement in philanthropy is challenging existing power dynamics and looking at what happens when funders can trust the charities they support. TCS recently helped to coordinate a roundtable for funder ..read more