Why Eastside People for Charity Governance Consultancy?
Good governance underpins every charity’s ability to operate effectively, meet regulatory expectations, and inspire stakeholder confidence. Our governance consultants help charities benchmark their practice, meet the Charity Governance Code 2025 principles, and prepare for SORP 2026 requirements with clear, actionable recommendations and confidential, independent reviews.
The Charity Governance Code 2025 sets out eight key universal principles. Each of these describes what you’d expect to see in your charity (with 41 outcomes in total) to show your governance is working well. All charities, regardless of size or complexity, are expected to follow the principles and try to achieve the outcomes set out for each principle.
For each principle there is a list of behaviours, policies, processes and practices and good governance evidence requirements that are expected to be taiolred to each charity’s specific situation.
While compliance with the Code is not a regulatory requirement. The Code is a practical tool for trustees to encourage discussion about standards, behaviours and processes that are helpful in cultivating good governance.
Evidence of good governance
It is important for trustees to be able to check governance is working as intended, and for external stakeholders to understand governance in the charity.
While this may sound like a daunting proposition, Eastside People’s team of charity governance experts can help you deliver a comprehensive, independent and confidential review.
Whether you want to boost governance performance or fill key roles, we offer a comprehensive approach with advice and insights and an unparalleled recruitment service to bring the right people to your Board.
The Charity SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) 2026
The new Statement of Recommended Practice (“SORP”) sets out major compliance requirements for charities in forming their Trustees Annual Report (the “Report”). The new SORP applies for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026 to those charities using accruals accounts. If your charity has an accounting period that begins in Q1 2026 you will need to be looking at these requirements now to ensure your reporting is ready.
Read our blog “SORP 2026: A Practical Guide to Trustees’ Annual Reporting Requirements” and download our detailed Guide.
Read blog & get the Guide to Charity SORP
Our charity governance services include:
- SORP readiness assessment
- General governance advice on annual reporting requirements
- Governance reviews with benchmarking your governance practices against your peers and recommendations on how to build stronger governance effectiveness
- Impact assessments
- ESG materiality, gap analysis and strategy
- Strategy
- Evaluating the board’s balance of skills, experience and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
- Managing identified recruitment needs for example to strengthen board composition and improve diversity, skills and knowledge.
We’re currently offering charity leaders a free consultation to discuss reviewing and improving your governance.
Contact Us to book your consultation.
