expenses

Clarifying trustee payments and expenses

Clarifying trustee payments and expenses 

The Charities Act 2006 brought in changes which allow charity trustees to be paid for providing their charities with goods and services, and guidance published in June 2008 by the Charity Commission clarifies how boards should handle both these types of payments and general trustee expenses.


Volunteers, childcare expenses, and the minimum wage

A recently-published government report on volunteering is suggesting that if a volunteer has her/his childcare costs reimbursed, this is not a legitimate "expense" but is essentially a financial benefit.



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