Press & Articles

Finance Count™ is an impressive source of information about financial processes in the voluntary sector.

It contains a huge number of financial metrics that are updated annually, providing a detailed snapshot of the sector, as well as case studies and suggestions on good practice from participating organisations.

Press Releases

Full cost recovery still finding its feet

17th April 2008

One of the key findings of this year’s Finance Count is that a quarter of respondents are making a loss of 8.8% of income or more through public service delivery. This has doubled over the last year – in Finance Count 2007 a quarter of charities were making a loss of 3.3%.
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Doug Crawford to lead and develop Agenda’s HR consulting practice

10th January 2008

Agenda Consulting is delighted to announce that Doug Crawford, of Cerus Consulting and formerly Director of the Hay Group will join Roger Parry in leading and developing Agenda’s HR consulting practice.
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Finance Count Press Release October 2007

11th October 2007

How does your Finance Function Compare?
A unique study benchmarking financial management practice in the UK voluntary and community sector is being launched by Agenda Consulting in partnership with the Charity Finance Directors’ Group. It is led by a Steering Group of Finance Directors drawn from the sector.
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Articles by Agenda Consulting

Full cost recovery still finding its feet

17th April 2008

One of the key findings of this year’s Finance Count™ is that a quarter of respondents are making a loss of 8.8% of income or more through public service delivery. This has doubled over the last year – in Finance Count 2007 a quarter of charities were making a loss of 3.3%.
More »

Doug Crawford to lead and develop Agenda’s HR consulting practice

10th January 2008

Agenda Consulting is delighted to announce that Doug Crawford, of Cerus Consulting and formerly Director of the Hay Group will join Roger Parry in leading and developing Agenda’s HR consulting practice.
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Articles by other organisations

Charities need to work at full cost recovery, says new study

1st June 2007

Finance Count 2007 reveals that a quarter of respondents make a loss of 3.3 per cent of income or more while a quarter make a surplus of 1.5 per cent of income or more.
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Help to make Finance Count

6th November 2006

Help make finance count Charities have been invited to participate in a financial benchmarking study designed for the voluntary sector. For more details on Finance Count see www.financecount.com
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Finance News: Directors group sets up benchmarking survey

30th June 2004

A major study to measure charities' financial performance is being undertaken by the Charity Finance Directors' Group.
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