Specialist Charity Newsletters
Keep your charity clients informed, and your firm front of mind.
Share timely, expert-written updates on the latest developments in charity accounting, taxation, and governance. Written by charity specialists, Mercia’s newsletters save you time while helping your clients stay compliant and confident.
Why choose Mercia’s Charity Newsletter?
- Strengthen trust and position your firm as a charity sector expert.
- Spot opportunities and clarify obligations for your clients.
- Stay ahead of change with updates on regulations and governance.
- Drive engagement with relevant, actionable insights that prompt conversations.
The newsletter is supplied as a PDF file - ideal for attaching to an email, publishing on your website or printing it out.
- Standard version: View as sample
- Bespoke version: This includes the same content as the standard version, plus your own custom page featuring your experts and services. View as sample
Published twice a year—April (Spring) and November (Autumn).
Past Editions
Spring 2025 Edition: Explore What the previous edition included
The Spring 2025 edition of the Charity Newsletter considers the impact of recent legislative, reporting and tax developments on the charitable sector.
Additional Topics Include:
- Charity fundraising trends for 2025
- Recent Charity Commission investigations
- Charity banking challenges
- Introduction of new Charity Investment Governance Principles
- Failure to prevent fraud offences for charities
- New scheme of delegation: what charities need to know
- OSCR publishes guidance on trustee disqualification
- Charity regulator warns of fraudulent letters
- Growing acceptance of cryptocurrency in charity fundraising
- New charity AI task force aims to strengthen the sector’s use of artificial intelligence
- Impact of the 2025 Spring Statement on the charity sector
- Update to HMRC’s VAT invoice guidance
- Upcoming changes to FRS 102 and their impact on Charities SORP.
Order at any time of the year for the next edition to be sent straight to your inbox when it is published.
Autumn 2024 Edition: Explore what the previous edition included
The Autumn 2024 edition of the Charity Newsletter considered the impact of recent legislative, reporting and tax developments in the charities sector.
Additional Topics Include:
- Whistleblowing disclosures made to the Charity Commission
- Review of the Code of Fundraising Practice
- Refreshed guidance on decision-making for charity trustees (CC27)
- Regulatory Alert – local authorities as charity trustees
- Exploring the world of Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Misinformation spreading across social media
- Charity law reform - England and Wales Accounting and tax update - improving your charity’s annual report and accounts
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