The Charity Commission for England and Wales sets out its 2024-25 business plan

In April, the Charity Commission began to implement its new five-year strategic plan which includes the regular being committed to becoming an expert that is fair, balanced, and independent.

The Commission set out five strategic priorities in its 2024/25 business plan to help deliver on this goal:

1.    To be fair and proportionate in its work and clear about its role;

2.    To support charities to get it right but take action where they see wrongdoing or harm;

3.    To speak with authority and credibility, free from the influence of others;

4.    To embrace technological innovation and strengthen how it uses its data; and

5.    To be an expert regulator – where people are empowered and enabled to deliver excellence in regulation.

The Commission's first priority will involve the regulator focusing on issues that present a risk to the sector and following opportunities that will allow it to increase the efficiency, quality and effectiveness of its casework process and system.

Underpinning the Commission's second priority will be the continuing publication of improved trustee guidance that is easier to understand and running a pilot engagement exercise to support new trustees. The Commission will take action on wrongdoing or harm done by tracking and reporting their use of powers to address wrongdoing or harm and ensuring they are used correctly.

The third priority involves enacting a new Communications Strategy that will allow the Commission to improve the way its engages and communicate with trustees, the public and stakeholders. 

The Commission is also: developing a five-year Information Strategy setting out its data, information, technology, and digital ambitions and completing a review of its performance management approach and exploring how it can deepen its knowledge and experience to improve its professional framework.