Your January Compliance Update | | The Compliance Team are obliged to send Annual Accounts information to both the 2025 and 2026 Chairperson and Treasurer. Outgoing Chairs and Treasurers still have joint legal responsibility for the period they served. | |
| Happy New Year! Welcome to new officers and thank you to those for their work last year. We have a variety of things coming up to support you, so keep an eye out for our emails. Next month also sees the return of the February Compliance Challenge, our bitesize training programme. |  December PPERA Return
The December donation report is due in by 10th January (including nil returns). If you haven’t submitted your report yet, please do so urgently.
Donation queries: Lighthouse issues: |  Lighthouse
Have you notified HQ who your superusers are for the new year?
You can do this by either:
1. Using the “duplicate all roles” button on Lighthouse (> Roles > System Users), or;
2. Emailing membership@libdems.org.uk | Are your 2026 officers listed on Lighthouse?
Superusers need to do this urgently so role-holders receive important information.
We need to inform the Electoral Commission who your Chairs and Treasurers are - the submission of which is now in progress. | |
 | Annual Accounts 2025 Please click here for: - The all-important guide
- Your template spreadsheet
- List of "new" local parties who should have received a different template from us
| | Change of Treasurer? See our handover guide for new / departing Treasurers. The 2025 officer compiles the accounts; the 2026 Treasurer gets them approved by their exec before emailing to the Compliance Team.
Deadline for submission: 15 March 2026 (or draft version for accounts over £250,000, followed by professionally audited version before 31st May).
Annual accounts clinics: | - Wed 14 Jan, 6-7pm
- Fri 23 Jan, 12-1pm
- Mon 26 Jan, 6-7pm
| Local Election Agent Training |  As promised, we begin the year with our training programme to get you election ready.
To register for a Zoom link, email: compliance@libdems.org.uk - Mon 12 Jan, 8pm - Overview to Being an Agent
- Mon 26 Jan, 8pm - Understanding Election Limits & Spending
|  | Data Protection | Please can new officers / those needing a refresher, complete our online UK GDPR training.
This is good practice because regardless of your role, you’ll be handling personal data in some shape or form.
Also, the person responsible for personal data in your party / group should complete the Data Protection Checklist if there has been significant changes in personnel / processes.
Any questions, please email: data.protection@libdems.org.uk | |
Corporation Tax | Do refer to our FAQs and contact compliance@libdems.org.uk if you have any queries.
To check if your local party or group was written to by HMRC, please click here. | |
Compliance Clinic Mon 19th December, 6 - 7pm
Join us every third Monday of the month for a Q&A on all things Compliance and Data Protection.
Email compliance@libdems.org.uk for the Zoom link or a one-to-one appointment. | |
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Simon Drage
Deputy Head of Technology and Compliance
Liberal Democrats
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