This month NCVO share reflections on the recent Charity Commission board appointments along with updates and upcoming events.
Impartiality of Charity Commission appointments
The government has appointed three new board members to the Charity Commission. The Secretary of State has selected Rory Brooks CBE, Shrenik Davda, and Mark Simms. They will all serve three-year terms starting at the end of March this year.
During the appointment process for the next chair of the Charity Commission, NCVO set out the key attributes ACEVO and NCVO would like to see in the preferred candidates. This focused on regulation experience, personal independence, understanding of charities, and party-political independence.
NCVO once again have concerns about the continued political party links of proposed and appointment candidates to the Commission’s board.
Charities must quite rightly be impartial when it comes to party politics. They adopt positions and campaign where doing so supports their charitable purposes and public benefit. Fraser recently gave a speech reminding charities of this duty.
Read more here: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-insights/news-index/governance-round-up-june-2023/#/