1. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our trustee body:</span></p>

• has the acumen to recognise impending financial problems
• is sufficiently robust to make difficult financial decisions
• both of these
• is pretty financially illiterate

2. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity's pension scheme: </span></p>

• seems ok
• is reviewed regularly every year
• is properly funded and able to meet its obligations
• both of these
• no idea

3. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity’s financial and investment policies: </span></p>

• are well thought-out and professionally managed
• a bit tired or hazy
• possibly weak
• no idea

4. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity's reserves policy:</span></p>

• is in place, robust and well thought-out
• pretty good
• hazy
• we don't have a reserves policy

5. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity's fund-raising policy: </span></p>

• we were scared off by all the adverse publicity about fundraising
• we raise funds but not in a very systematic way
• is well-focussed, effective and fully compliant

6. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity's restricted and designated funds: </span></p>

• I do not understand the difference between them
• are hit and miss - not much more than guess-work
• we designate funds in a well thought-out and practical manner

7. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity’s banking arrangements: </span></p>

• efficient, secure and good value for money
• in reasonable shape
• possibly in need of updating
• no idea

8. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity's contingency plans: </span></p>

• cover most foreseeable eventualities
• pretty random
• we don't do contingency planning

9. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity’s safeguards to prevent fraud:</span></p>

• are rigorous and well thought-out
• are OK-ish
• could be better
• are non-existent

10. Our charity's cashflow projections:

• are in place but not used very much
• are excellent, we could not manage without them
• we scratch along ok without any

11. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity's use of its financial resources:</span></p>

• is excellent, it fully utilises our cash holdings, our endowment investments, our land and buildings
• I'm not really sure what you mean
• we never really consider it

12. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity's utilisation of its charity status :</span></p>

• great - especially gift aid; corporation tax, stamp duty and business rates exemptions
• I think so
• what benefits?

13. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity's use of volunteers:</span></p>

• is the best possible - they are our greatest asset
• seems about right
• no-one properly manages them
• they are really a bit of a nuisance

14. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our review of our charity’s overheads</span></p>

• indicates they are all sustainable
• gives us real cause for concern
• what review?

15. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity’s current staffing levels:</span></p>

• match up well with the work-load and are carefully monitored
• we are always short-handed
• would be helped if we had proper line-managers in place
• no idea

16. Our charity's policies on collaborating with another charity:

• we are open minded about it
• we would happily co-operate to share overheads or generally to become more efficient
• we are determined to go it alone regardless

17. <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Our charity’s options in the event of looming insolvency:</span></p>

• I am sure the answers will be in our charity's governing document
• we shoud definitely take professional advice
• consider collaborating or combining with another charity or even closing down
• all three of these
• no idea

18. Is a Charity Resilience Healthcheck different from a Financial Performance Review ?

• No, it's much the same
• Yes, it's a review of policies and procedures, not a performance review against budget

19. How frequently do you think you should run a  charity resilience healthcheck ?

• at least once a year
• only we feel nervous
• whenever we detect significant changes in the economic environment
• on a regular quarterly basis
• we don't need to do financial resilience reviews at all

20. What will you do with the results of this quiz ?

• Take action to remedy any apparent short-coming
• Mention them at a trustee meeting
• Continue quietly worrying about them

21. That's it for the governance questions!  Just one more quick question: would you like to receive Geoffrey's occasional newsletter, with charity governance tips and news?

• yes
• no