# Regeneration charities praised by Charity Commission

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/10/31/regeneration-charities-praised-charity-commission/
- Published: 2006-10-31T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Charity Commission has praised regeneration charities for their performance,
effectiveness and best practice. The praise appears in “The Regeneration game”, 
the first review of regeneration charities in England and Wales.
The report looks
at the 250 organisations which adopted regeneration as a charitable purpose since
it was first recognised as charitable in 1999, and analyses the performance of these
charities against the charitable sector as a whole.

The report has found that the total annual income for regeneration charities is 
£519 million, around 1.3% of the total for all registered charities. Seventeen per
cent of regeneration charities already have an income of over £1 million, against
an average of 3%, and they are more likely to be charitable companies (87% compared
with 15% across the Commission’s Register as a whole).

In addition, 86% of these charities regularly review the diversity of their boards
and 63% carry out a skills audit before recruiting new trustees compared to only
17% of charities overall.

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Also, 81% have beneficiaries on their boards of trustees. 98% of regeneration charities
consult with their beneficiaries in one or more ways, and 97% of these charities
use at least one method to measure their impact and effectiveness.

Regeneration charities are also very good at reporting: 90% of regeneration charities
had filed their Annual Return with the Commission, against only 82% of charities
as a whole.

Rosie Chapman, the Commission’s Director of Policy and Effectiveness, said: “These
charities are characterised by models of best practice in a whole range of areas
and it really shows. The level of accountability is exceptionally high, particularly
in terms of measuring impact and involving users. They provide a great example to
other charities grappling with issues of trustee scarcity and user involvement.”

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