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How to identify partners to work with, draw up agreements and fundraise for other charities.
Tax relief on donations, Gift Aid, payroll giving, leaving a gift in your will, keeping tax records; find a charity; donating land, property or shares
Donations by individuals to charity or to community amateur sports clubs…
Donating through Gift Aid means charities and community amateur sports…
If your employer, company or personal pension provider runs a Payroll…
You do not have to pay tax on land, property or shares you donate to…
Your will says what will happen to your money, property and possessions…
You need to keep records of donations if you want to claim tax back on…
To start a charity you need trustees, to choose a business structure, decide suitable charitable purposes and you may have to register with the Charity Commission
There are 6 steps to setting up a charity. Find trustees for your charity…
Your charity must have ‘charitable purposes’ that help the public (known…
The official name of your charity is known as its ‘main name’. Your…
You must choose a structure for your charity, which will affect things…
You must create a ‘governing document’ (or ‘rulebook’) for your charity…
You must apply to register your charity if both: its income is at least…
How to manage and review your charity's connection to a non-charity.
Guidance for charities and trustees responding to the crisis in Ukraine.
Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
Get help from the ‘Revitalising Trusts’ programme to either close or revitalise your charity.
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
Charity Commission Chair gives Dame Shirley lecture at University of Kent
Find out what trustees need to do before deciding whether to make a grant to an organisation that isn’t a charity.
Tax exemptions and reliefs for charities - apply for recognition by HMRC as a charity, reclaim tax on Gift Aid, profits and expenditure
You can start to raise funds for your charity once you have your governing document and trustees in place.
Information about fraud and cyber crime, how to spot it and what you can do to protect against it.
The rules for charities that want to support, or oppose, a change in government policy or the law.
How your charity can deliver public services on behalf of organisations like local authorities, the NHS or government departments.
Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.
Those struggling with their mental health will be better supported thanks to a £10 million funding boost for charities working to prevent suicides.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
Check the list of voluntary and community sector organisations funded by HMRC who can give you extra support with your tax or claims such as tax credits or Child Benefit.
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
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