According to a recent Guardian survey that examined the well-being of employees across the voluntary and public services sectors, 93 per cent of respondents reported that they were stressed out all, some, or a lot of the time at work.

Members of a charity have a responsibility to act in their organisation’s best interests in order to help achieve its goals.

In a recent report published by the Charity Commission, 76 charities with an annual income of at least £500,000 were identified as having peculiarly high governance costs, accounting for more than 20 per cent of their annual budgets.