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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
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
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How to manage and review your charity's connection to a non-charity.
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
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
Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
Guidance for charities and trustees responding to the crisis in Ukraine.
Charity Commission Chair gives Dame Shirley lecture at University of Kent
Get help from the ‘Revitalising Trusts’ programme to either close or revitalise your charity.
Tax exemptions and reliefs for charities - apply for recognition by HMRC as a charity, reclaim tax on Gift Aid, profits and expenditure
The Charity Commission offers advice to all charities as it closes its case into the Actors’ Benevolent Fund.
Key issues and questions for charities to consider based on insights from our casework into campaigning and political activity during previous election periods.
Information about fraud and cyber crime, how to spot it and what you can do to protect against it.
You can start to raise funds for your charity once you have your governing document and trustees in place.
Find out what trustees need to do before deciding whether to make a grant to an organisation that isn’t a charity.
The rules for charities that want to support, or oppose, a change in government policy or the law.
Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.
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 your charity can deliver public services on behalf of organisations like local authorities, the NHS or government departments.
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.
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