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September 2010 Blog Posts (11)

Bribery Act 2010 - Implications for CICs?

There are currently warnings being posted that the Bribery Act 2010 could apply to charities and that there could be issues to consider when the Act comes in to force in April 2011.

The Act was orginally aimed at big business.

The article, 'Bribery Act could trap unwary charities, finance directors warned' gives some details but is related to charities and is found at:…

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Added by Paul Weaver on September 24, 2010 at 13:37 — No Comments

Soory had an Eye problem that has keep me off the web

Hi All

I will continue the information on websites over this weekend and yes I will put them into a PDF and Word document for people to down load and read/keep.

I have had an eye issue and flu which has prevented me from getting online (not a lot of point when you cannot see the screen) but hopefull that has been sorted and I can get back to normail this week.

Steve

Added by Steve Blake on September 24, 2010 at 10:48 — No Comments

Accounts

As a CIC our year end is 31st March, some of the work we undertake is based on an academic year. We have been told by the accountant that at the end of the financial year any money left over (profit) is due for Corp Tax, even though the money is restricted to a project, one of these projects is ongoing. Is this true and if so is there a way round it.

Added by Lynda Lynne on September 22, 2010 at 12:08 — 2 Comments

CIC Accounts

Hi Everyone, I need help/info. I am coming up to my first year end accounts and realise I dont know what is needed for CIC accounts. Do they need to be audited? etc etc Could someone clue me in to what I need to be doing please, rather than spend a fortune on finding out this info.

Many thanks

Sue Westbrook

Added by Sue Westbrook on September 20, 2010 at 22:36 — 1 Comment

Google maps of CICs

This is great - I love seeing all those little CIC flags!

Added by Sara Burgess on September 20, 2010 at 9:38 — No Comments

greatest challenge facing social enterprise

provoking paper suggesting that all social enterprises share the same 'greatest challenge' - http://bit.ly/bUJuj1 (opens as pdf doc)

Added by Adrian Ashton on September 17, 2010 at 15:05 — 1 Comment

the evolution of social enterprise

great pdf: 'the evolution of social enterprise' as viewed as a historical timeline (monastries to today) http://bit.ly/bZEgMu

some people have found it doesn't give enough detail to the european dimension, but the authors are happy to receive contributions for future updates (details in the document)

Added by Adrian Ashton on September 16, 2010 at 9:49 — No Comments

Briefing document sent ahead of BIS roundtable meeting with Minister Ed Davey

Dear Mr Davey…

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Added by John Mulkerrin on September 15, 2010 at 17:52 — 1 Comment

what can Shakespeare teach us about social enterprise? (better 'to be', or 'to do'...?)

Many charities and local authorities are now running services and activities under the banner of ‘social enterprise’ to contribute to their sustainability (both as services and organisations).

This perhaps helps to explain why there’s such confusion about what social enterprise is: some organisations presenting their structure and form as the basis for their identity, while others present…

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Added by Adrian Ashton on September 10, 2010 at 8:58 — No Comments