This table outlines the eleven main structures available to organisations.
Reserves - the funds a charity keeps in reserve - can strengthen a charity’s resilience against, for example, drops in income or the demands of a new project. Find out what charity reserves are and how to develop and report on a charity's reserves policy.
The best strategy to avoiding problems is being aware of how things could go wrong, taking steps to avoid issues and knowing what steps you would take if something did happen. Awareness and prevention are better than a cure. The AoC provides some useful resources for charity boards you can use.
This guidance provides a model role description for a charity secretary of the board that a charity of any size can adapt for their own organisation’s needs.
The Board Secretary’s Handbook tells you what a board secretary is and why you need one. It explains the roles, duties and responsibilities depending on your organisation.
This toolkit provides advice on how to develop and maintain a constructive and effective Board for your arts organisation. Published: February 2019.
This resource is aimed at supporting charities to ensure the proper procedures and policies are in place to manage the charity’s resources effectively and, where appropriate, to make changes to their charity. Published: 2014.
This governance health check is a self-assessment tool which has also been devised by the Developing Governance Group as a practical resource to assist committees/boards to work towards adhering to the principles of the Code of Good Governance by the same author. It should help committees/boards of any size to demonstrate their good governance practices to their stakeholders, beneficiaries and funders alike. Published: 29 January 2016.
The DIY Committee Guide provides a central point of access to a wide range of practical, user-friendly resources on governance. It also provides clear support for groups implementing the Code of Good Governance for the Voluntary and Community Sector.
The Code of Good Governance sets out the principles and key elements of good governance for the boards of voluntary and community organisations. Published: 2016.
Following the publication of the Report on Corporate Culture and the Role of Boards by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the City Values Forum and Tomorrow’s Company have published a guide entitled Governing Culture: Risk and Opportunity? – a guide to board leadership in purpose, values and culture. Published: September 2016.
This five-in-one training pack gives you the tools and information to govern more effectively. Tackle the issues you and your trustees are facing and maximise your organisation’s impact by turning plans into action. Governance, strategy and impact all rolled into one.
A step by step guide to the processes of registering your organisation as a Limited Company.
Understanding and choosing a legal structure for your organisation.
What is the role of a board director and how should they go about fulfilling their responsibilities?
In today’s dynamic and fast-moving workplace, the board plays an important role in risk management and establishing an effective risk culture. Published: August 2015.
A director’s practical guide to asking the right questions at the right time.
This guidance is intended to help cultural organisations and their governing bodies meet ethical and reputational challenges with a greater sense of confidence. Published: October 2015.
Yasmin Khan speaks with consultant Stephen Feber, who has been providing creation and production services to the cultural sector for over 30 years, about what makes best practice for museum boards. Published: July 2016.
A framework bringing together the key characteristics helping heritage organisations prosper and thrive. Published: March 2018.
Leadership style is changing, from the extrovert personality controlling from the front to someone who shares power and develops and fosters relationships. Published: January 2014.
A 2017 report from Museum Board Leadership, commissioned by AAM, which grades boards on a wide variety of policies, practices, and performance. The survey was conducted in partnership with BoardSource and Northern Trust. Published: 2017.
Clore Leadership's Governance Associates Prue Skene, Tom Wilcox and Keith Arrowsmith have created this toolkit of useful resources for Trustees and staff who work with boards. Published: May 2017.
Practical support on governance by NCVO.
Clore Strategic Review of Governance Development Needs 2016/17. Published: August 2017.
This bookmark sets out the ten key points of good governance and also contains a board etiquette that can be adapted. Published: April 2014.
Report on a conference organised by the Cultural Leadership Programme in March 2009.
The good governance code for the charity sector.
Arts organisations across the United Kingdom are a national success story. Recognised throughout the world for their ambition, dynamism and creativity, they provide a ‘national resource that shapes all our lives, powers our creative economy, informs our education, enhances our health and wellbeing and enriches our communities and thus our national life’. Published: August 2017.
Success Guide by the Association of Independent Museums on successful governance. Published: 2018.
Developed by a steering group with the help of over 200 charities, it is the aim of this Code to help charities and their trustees develop high standards of governance.
To be used in conjunction with The Charity Governance Code, this is a practical tool kit acting as a checklist against which Trustees can note their progress, actions and their points for continuing improvement.