(a charitable company limited by guarantee)
Registered Charity No. 1054914
Company Number 3182826
This year has been an extremely positive one for CFDG, characterised by a series of changes and developments that leave us better placed than ever before 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.
Building our capacity has been a key focus during the year, and part of this was welcoming Keith Hickey as Chief Executive on 1 April 2006. A particular emphasis has been placed on team building, working with CFDG’s staff who are small in number but extremely capable.
Progress has also been made in relation to strategy development and we have clarified our key aims in terms of best practice, professional development, membership services, policy work and commercial opportunities. As part of this strategy development we have spent time listening to charity members and subscriber members, and are now putting this strategy onto an operational footing as we develop our work across these five important areas.
We have also made significant changes to our governance structure, which were agreed at our Annual General Meeting in September 2006, following an extensive period of consultation with our membership. We also had changes in the Board of Trustees during the year welcoming Rohan Hewavisenti, Phil Brown and Fiona Young to the Board with Alan Sharpe, Helen Verney and Martin Waller stepping down at the Annual General Meeting. Alan, Helen and Martin made a tremendous contribution to the CFDG Board in different ways for which the Trustees are extremely grateful.
This annual report illustrates what a successful year it has been for CFDG and the Trustees would like to thank the staff, members, subscribers, funders and volunteers who have made this possible. We were very pleased that our Annual Report and Accounts for 2005/6 won their category in the 2006 Charity Online Accounts Awards
The annual report also outlines our plans for the future and highlights the work that we plan to increase our membership; improve and develop our training, events and conferences; develop our policy and campaigning agenda; and maximise our commercial potential for the benefit of our members. With stretching ambitions 2007/8 is set to be an exciting year for CFDG.
Paul Breckell
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