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CharitEpulse: Budget concerns, governance updates, and funding opportunities

Date: 20 November 2025

CharitEpulse: Budget concerns, governance updates, and funding opportunities

In this episode of CharitEpulse, the hosts discuss some of the most pressing issues shaping the charity sector today:

  • Autumn Budget: What the upcoming announcement could mean for charity finances.  
  • Leadership exodus?: A high percentage of senior charity executives are considering leaving their roles.
  • Social Insights Panel: Charity leaders unite to advise government on public service reform.
  • Regulatory action: A UK charity reprimanded by the Charity Commission for serious financial mismanagement involving multiple bank accounts.  
  • Governance trends: Is charity governance improving? Insights from the Directory of Social Change report.
  • Dormant Asset Scheme: Potential to unlock an additional £240 million for the sector.

Plus, the team celebrates the London Marathon’s record-breaking achievement: £87.3 million raised for charity in a single day event.

Listen time: 25 minutes

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For questions, feedback, or to suggest topics you’d like the trio to explore in upcoming episodes, please email claire.whiteman-haywood@quiltercheviot.com in the Charities team.

Hosts

Charles Mesquita

Charities Director

Catherine Rustomji

Partner at Shakespeare Martineau

James Saunders

Partner at Moore Kingston Smith

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