AIM Pilgrim Trust grants awarded

AIM is pleased to announce the successful projects in the Autumn round of AIM Pilgrim Trust collections care and conservation grants. 27 applications were received to the autumn round of t…

Museum Development – Energy Management sessions

Our colleagues at Museum Development have commissioned Pilio, energy management specialists, to deliver online workshops to support museums to look at energy management. This is to help reduce ener…

October CFG update

Gift Aid Awareness Day 6 October Gift Aid is worth around £1.3bn to the UK charity sector each year. It’s a phenomenal amount, but it could be even more. Every yea…

Energy Bill Relief Scheme

New support for businesses and public sector organisations facing rising energy bills was announced by Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg on Wednesday 21 September. Th…

Museums and galleries urged to sign up for VAT refund scheme to support free entry for the public

The Government is pleased to announce that a new round of the VAT Refund Scheme for museums and galleries will open this Autumn. The VAT refund scheme encourages museums and galleries to pro…

Strengthening your organisation in challenging times

Spiralling inflation and rapidly rising energy costs following on so soon after the impact of the pandemic are causing great concern for museums and their visitors. Many AIM members saw reserv…

Inflation and charity resilience: advice and insights

What will escalating costs mean for the sustainability of our organisations, the wider sector and the communities and people we serve? Richard Sagar, Head of Policy, Charity Finance Group e…

Steps to Sustainability Round 3 applications open

AIM is pleased to be working with Social Enterprise Academy on the third round of Steps to Sustainability Heritage organisations across the UK are under increasi…

Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums win case against Valuation Office Agency

Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums (TWAM) have won their case against the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and will now only pay nominal business rates for Shipley Art Gallery, Laing Art Gallery, an…

Update for CFG members

CFG’s Annual Conference is back! For the first time in three years, more than 500 charity finance professionals from across the UK gathered in London to share and listen,…

Latest AIM Pilgrim Trust conservation grants awarded

The three grant schemes developed in Partnership with Pilgrim Trust, deliver funding support to organisations that may lack the confidence or expertise to apply to a major funder directly, whilst a…

Understanding social investment

More and more arts organisations are turning towards a newer form of repayable finance – social investment – to support their projects. Seva Phillips, Head of Arts and Culture Finance a…