# DSC welcomes PAC report

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/07/07/dsc-welcomes-pac-report/
- Published: 2002-07-07T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Directory of Social Change (DSC) has welcomed the Public Accounts Committee’s
report on charity accountability and regulation. 
DSC has welcomed the publication
of “Giving Confidently: The Role of the Charity Commission in Regulating Charities”
by the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons. In particular DSC welcomed
its call for the Charity Commission to expect charities “to make clear in their 
annual reports what they have achieved against plan and to explain any major variances.”

The Public Accounts Committee recommendation is in line with a call for clearer 
guidance from the Charity Commission published in a recent DSC book, _The Major 
Charities, An Independent Guide_. The book’s principal author, Luke FitzHerbert 
said the PAC report was timely.

“DSC continues to regret the lack of accessible Commission guidance to trustees 
on the content of their annual reports (existing guidance is only found in a technical
accounting document, the SORP, written for and by financial staff and advisers rather
than for trustees),” he said.

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