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Services

• Change your charity's details

  Change your charity's details with the Charity Commission online

• Send a charity's annual return

  You must send an annual return if your charity’s income is more than £10,000. All charities must keep their registered details up to date

• Claim Gift Aid online

  Submit a claim for Gift Aid, the Gift Aid small donation scheme (GASDS) and other income; schedule spreadsheets; registering and enrolling for a Charities Online account; activation codes

• Set up a charity

  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

• Claiming Gift Aid as a charity or CASC

  What Gift Aid is, who can claim, what donations are eligible for Gift Aid, Gift Aid declarations for your charity or community amateur sports club (CASC), how to claim

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Guidance and regulation

• Prepare a charity annual return

  Detailed guide

  28 September 2018

  The Charity Commission

• The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do (CC3)

  Guidance

  3 May 2018

  The Charity Commission

• Charity types: how to choose a structure (CC22a)

  Detailed guide

  4 November 2014

  The Charity Commission

• How to set up a charity (CC21a)
  • Detailed guide
  • 4 November 2014
  • The Charity Commission
• How to register a charity (CC21b)
  • Detailed guide
  • 2 February 2015
  • The Charity Commission

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News and communications

1 October 2018 — News story

Charity Fraud Awareness Week (22 – 26 October 2018)

The Charity Commission

1. Make sure you submit your charity annual return on time
   • 26 September 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • News story
2. Start Egypt further supports start-ups in its first office in Cairo
   • 15 August 2018
   • World news story
3. Government outlines vision to empower and invest in society
   • 8 August 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for Civil Society
   • Press release
4. Charity automatic disqualification rules: changes to the law
   • 1 August 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • News story

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Research and statistics

• Community Interest Companies registered in September 2018
  • 3 October 2018
  • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
  • Official statistics
• Supporting Papers - Growing a Culture of Social Impact Investing
  • 13 February 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and HM Treasury
  • Research
• Taken on Trust: awareness and effectiveness of charity trustees in England and Wales
  • 13 November 2017
  • The Charity Commission
  • Research
• Social enterprise: market trends 2017
  • 15 September 2017
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and Office for Civil Society
  • Research
• Advisory panel to mission-led business review: final report
  • 5 December 2016
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for Civil Society
  • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

• Charities that are connected with non-charitable organisations: maintaining your charity’s separation and independence 8 August 2018

  The Charity Commission

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 15 May 2018

• Simplification of donor benefits rules for Gift Aid
  • 6 July 2018
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Policy paper
• West Cumbria Works: a socio-economic investment project
  • 17 April 2018
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd
  • Case study
• MOU: Charity Commission and the Solicitors Regulation Authority
  • 7 February 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Policy paper
• MOU: Charity Commission (CCEW) and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI)
  • 7 February 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Accounts monitoring review: assessing the standard of charity financial information
  • 25 September 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency
• Joint Committee on Human Rights: Charity Commission evidence and response
  • 14 May 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency
• Accounts monitoring: concerns highlighted by auditors in their audit reports 2017
  • 15 March 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency
• Accounts monitoring: Reporting of matters of material significance by auditors
  • 22 February 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency
• Accounts monitoring: Wider learning about the standards of accounts in the double default class inquiry 2015-16
  • 10 May 2017
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Cabinet Office
2. HM Revenue & Customs
3. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
4. Office for Civil Society
5. HM Treasury

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1. Department for Education
2. Department for International Development
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
5. Department for International Trade
6. Department for Work & Pensions
7. Home Office
8. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

1. The Charity Commission
2. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
3. Sellafield Ltd
4. Innovate UK
5. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority