Your Role as a Trustee
The main responsibility of the trustees of a charity is to make sure that their organisation is run properly; works within the rules stated in its governing document and does not break the law.
Their roles include:
- Know and understand what is said in the governing document and make sure their charity does not do work which falls outside it
- Understand the policies and procedures required to run their charity and make sure they have them and that they are kept up-to-date
- Make sure that proper financial records are kept and that money is managed properly
- Make sure that annual accounts and reports are sent to the Charity Commission
- Understand their responsibilities as employers and make sure they know what they have to do
- Make sure that the chair, secretary and treasurer understand what they have to do and support them in these roles
- Oversee and make decisions for the long term good of the charity
- Act in a responsible way and understand that it is they not their employees that are responsible for the proper running of the charity
For more information contact:
Charity Commission
www.charity-commission.gov.uk
0845 300 0218
ACAS
www.acas.org.uk
08457 47 4747