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Charities and social enterprises
Services
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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
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Change your charity's details
Change your charity's details with the Charity Commission online
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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
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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
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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
Guidance and regulation
- The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do (CC3)
- How to register a charity (CC21b)
News and communications
Research and statistics
- Community Interest Companies registered in August 2018
- Supporting Papers - Growing a Culture of Social Impact Investing
- Taken on Trust: awareness and effectiveness of charity trustees in England and Wales
- Social enterprise: market trends 2017
- Advisory panel to mission-led business review: final report
Policy and engagement
- Simplification of donor benefits rules for Gift Aid
- West Cumbria Works: a socio-economic investment project
- MOU: Charity Commission and the Solicitors Regulation Authority
- MOU: Charity Commission (CCEW) and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI)
Transparency
- Joint Committee on Human Rights: Charity Commission evidence and response
- Accounts monitoring: concerns highlighted by auditors in their audit reports 2017
- Accounts monitoring: Reporting of matters of material significance by auditors
- Accounts monitoring: Wider learning about the standards of accounts in the double default class inquiry 2015-16
- Accounts monitoring: Do charity annual reports and accounts meet the reader’s needs?