Guidance Notes

This document provides practical guidance on modern etiquette for those attending and participating in board meetings to help ensure that meetings are effective and board members are focused in the performance of their duties and responsibilities

Guidance for charities in using best practice principles to define the role and responsibilities of the charity secretary.

In exceptional circumstances, the board may conclude that it is no longer appropriate to recommend or declare a dividend that is due to be put to shareholders for approval at the Annual General Meeting.

This guidance note speaks as of the close of business on 22 February 2021 and is divided into three sections.

This guidance will help academy trust boards to build their own board assurance framework and, once in place, to assess whether it continues to be effective.

The Academies Financial Handbook (AFH) is one of the Department for Education’s key pieces of statutory guidance outlining good governance and financial management in academy trusts.

This guidance note will detail some of the most important roles that are required under the various reporting regimes, and their functions.

his guidance note draws upon experience of charitable companies limited by guarantee (CLGs) to help inform those involved with, or interested in, academy trusts to help develop understanding of the company and charity law aspects of members in a charitable CLG.

This guidance note is aimed at trustees (and directors) of multi-academy trusts (MAT) in England and can be adapted for any size of MAT to reflect good practice for each organisation’s needs.