Most boards are confident about their governance — and most have never actually checked. The Health Check measures your charity against the Charity Governance Code and tells you, kindly but honestly, what's strong, what's wobbly, and what to fix first.
About an hour of your time, a thorough going-over from us.
Around 40 plain-English questions about how your board actually works — meetings, money, people, risk. One person can complete it, or the whole board can argue over it (recommended).
Governing document, latest accounts, a recent set of minutes, your policy list. Whatever exists — gaps are findings, not failures.
Within five working days: your score against each principle of the Governance Code, the three fixes that matter most, and a practical plan for the rest — written to be read aloud at a board meeting.
No — an audit examines your accounts; this examines how your board governs. It's closer to the governance reviews the Code recommends every three years, done affordably enough to do annually.
Then you'll know — which beats not knowing. The report always comes with the practical path out, and most “serious” findings are a few honest meetings away from fixed. We're on the same side as your board.
The report stands alone — most fixes are things your board can do itself, and the report says exactly how. If a fix maps to something we offer, we'll mention it once, plainly, with the price. No follow-up calls, ever.
The Code has a version written specifically for charities like yours, and that's what we score against. Small boards often get the most from the check — it's the closest thing to having a governance-savvy friend look over your shoulder.
Leave your email and we'll reply the same day with everything you need — usually the same evening, because we know when committees meet.