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The Compliance Diary

Sana Malik · director, Roshni Education Trust — deadlines that arrive like ambushes

An NGO’s year is a minefield of filings: SECP returns, tax exemption renewals, certification audits, donor reporting deadlines — each remembered by whoever remembered it last year, which twice now has been nobody.

The Compliance Diary keeps them all on one calendar with checklists and lead-time nudges. It reminds and prepares; the accountant and the auditor still do the filing.

fictional demo · real workflow concept · ready to build we run it for you deadlines that nag early, so nothing ambushes you again 2–3 week build

The mock

A sketch of the diary — not yet built for a client, which is why it fades out.

concept mock

Roshni Education Trust

Compliance diary — next 60 days: 3

9 obligations tracked · nudges at 30 and 14 days

⚠️ Certification renewal — 21 days

Checklist: 2 of 7 documents still missing (audited statements, board resolution). Both requested; a chase is scheduled for Friday.

SECP annual return — 45 days

Accountant confirmed engaged. Board signatures needed by the 30th — added to the next board agenda.

Donor report, Bolan Bank — 52 days

Template and last year’s version attached; the metrics carry over from the April digest.

What we’d build

What arrives: one calendar of statutory and donor deadlines — a checklist per filing, and nudges before, not after.
When: a monthly view, plus nudges at 30 and 14 days.
Your part: the filings themselves — your accountant files, your auditor audits; the diary makes sure they’re never surprised.

The essentials

We run this for you. You don’t operate anything; the diary just nags. Your decisions: which obligations it tracks and who gets nudged.

Build time: 2–3 weeks
Honest note: It’s a diary, not a compliance officer — it guarantees you’re never late by forgetting, not that a filing is right.

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