BAKER Tilly has recently published the results of our survey “The current and future state of charities 2015 – spring into action.”

One of the issues that the report looks at is board review and strategy.

Trustees can only properly assess their effectiveness if they review performance. However, our survey indicated that over 30 per cent do not do this regularly.

One area that such reviews may focus on is the balance between strategic and operational matters that trustees sometimes struggle to achieve.

It is too easy to get bogged down in discussing the day-to-day issues that are really the responsibility of staff and not focus enough on the longer-term picture.

If you are a trustee of a charity or independent school is it time for you to review performance? For more information contact Kerry Gallagher on 01189 955 4195, or by email kerry.gallagher@bakertilly.co.uk or visit the Baker Tilly website bakertilly.co.uk