(a charitable company limited by guarantee)
Registered Charity No. 1054914
Company Number 3182826
This year has been one of growth and change for CFDG. During the year the Board conducted a strategic review of the Group’s work and a new strategy has been launched to support our mission to deliver services that are valued by members and enable those with financial responsibility in the charity sector to develop and adopt best practice.
We continue to strive for a transparent and efficiently managed charity sector that engenders public confidence and trust and this year has brought many successes. We have experienced growth in our membership and our geographical reach, have developed our member services and have seen a significant improvement in our resource base in order to sustain and develop our work.
During the year we bid farewell to our Chief Executive, Shirley Scott who left CFDG after 11 years. The growth and development of the Group over this period is due in no small part to her efforts and enthusiasm and the strong position we now have is a real testimony to her achievements. I would like to thank Shirley on behalf of the Board and Members of CFDG for all of her work.
We welcomed Keith Hickey, as the new Chief Executive of CFDG from 1 April 2006. Keith comes to CFDG with a wealth of experience in both the voluntary and the private sector and the Board is very excited to be working with him in this next phase of the Group’s development.
We also welcomed Roger Chester, Finance Director of Lionheart, to the Board of Trustees in September 2005
This annual report illustrates the great progress that we have made this year and the Trustees would like to thank the staff, members, subscribers, funders and volunteers who have made this possible.
The annual report also outlines our plans for the future. We intend further membership growth and development particularly working with members and potential members for the CFDG regional groups; we have a number of new initiatives planned for members to share and develop good practice during the year; and we have a clear policy agenda to take forward.
Paul Breckell
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