# Charity Win Queen's Award for Enterprise

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/04/20/charity-win-queen039s-award-enterprise/
- Published: 2007-04-20T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charity Financial Services, part of the Charities Aid Foundation, is celebrating
today (21 April 2007) after winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise – the UK’s most
prestigious annual accolade for business success. 
In total, 119 Business Awards
are announced this year – 71 for International Trade, 40 for Innovation and 8 for
Sustainable Development. As ever, winning companies come from a vast range of business
sectors, and range in size from two firms with just three employees to an international
giant employing 68,000 people. 49% of this year’s winning firms employ less than
50 people.

Charity Financial Services gains its Innovation Award for the continuous innovation
and development of financial services to the voluntary sector. The services include:
opportunities for low cost, high interest bank accounts, including on-line facilities
with dual authorisation; availability of investment funds, some guaranteeing benefits
without risk to capital; access to venture capital based on social investment; outsourced
fund-raising administration; workshops on investment and tax efficient fund-raising;
access to an advisory panel providing impartial financial advice and provision of
free investment guides.

The deadline for applications for the 2008 Queen’s Awards is 31 October 2007. Winners
and recipients will be announced on 21 April 2008.

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