Creating Better Annual Reports

Charities are proud of the work they do and invariably do their best to create annual reports that tell their story clearly but the process of creating the annual report can feel onerous, time-consuming and fiddly.

Intelligent Giving will analyse a draft of your annual report, or the report you wrote last year:

If you'd like some help with your charity's annual report, or review, here's how we can help.

1. You send a copy of a draft of your annual report or review.
2. Intelligent Giving analyse this for overall quality and transparency, in line with their 43-point Charity Review System [external link].
3. You receive email feedback on how your report can be improved, with practical tips and advice.
4. You can then follow this up and ask any further questions which you want answered.

Practical advice about how to meet the Charity Commission’s reporting standards.

Recommendations of what to include about your charity’s:

• Aims
• Achievements
• Future plans
• Finances
• Governance and administration

Ideas about how to make information about your charity more accessible and easier to understand by the general public and potential supporters.

Suggestions about how to make your annual report more transparent and accountable

E-mail shedley@philanthropycapital.org or call 020 7785 6313 to register your interest