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How to decide what your charity’s purposes are and write them in the ‘objects’ clause of your governing document.
Guidance on public benefit and charitable purposes for charities and organisations wishing to become charities.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
Guidance on what purposes can be charitable.
Guidance on defining intended purpose for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), to help SaMD manufacturers in meeting their statutory obligations.
Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
Charity trustees must 'have regard' to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when carrying out activities to which it's relevant.
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
Find out what it means to be a charity and what to do if setting up a charity is the right option for you.
Find out what trustees need to do before deciding whether to make a grant to an organisation that isn’t a charity.
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