Charity Commission amends its “lessons for charities” in its Operational Compliance Report

IBB’s charity solicitors drew the Charity Commission’s attention to the “lessons for charities” section of its Operational Compliance Report on Southwark Muslim Women’s Association, which appeared to suggest that members of the Senior Management Team should not usually attend trustee meetings.

The Charity Commission has now revised this section of the report to clarify the position that : “staff members can attend board meetings at the invitation of the trustees. However, when staff members attend trustee meetings, their role in the meeting should be clear, for example as a minute taker or as an ‘expert adviser’ on an agenda item (they should not participate in making decisions).”