The Institute wishes to share the sad news that Mark William Copsey, Lead Examiner and Subject Matter Expert at CGIUKI, passed away on 18 November 2025 in Eindhoven.

We have submitted our insights to the UK Government's Spending Review which closed yesterday.

Derek Leatherdale, Senior Geopolitical Risk Adviser at Sibylline, discusses how escalating global geopolitical volatility has become a persistent, systemic risk for organisations, arguing that boards and governance teams must adopt a more structured, ongoing approach to assessing impacts and strengthening oversight to protect resilience and value.

Nigel Kippax is a Charity sector advisor and an associate with Charity Finance Group. In this comment piece, he discusses how the charity sector’s long standing financial challenges are less about a lack of money and more about unchallenged assumptions, growth mindsets, and outdated funding models that may be limiting real social impact.