Charities and social enterprises
Services
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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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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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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
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Set up a charity: step by step
Set up a charity - find trustees, choose a structure, choose a name,
Guidance and regulation
- Online services for charities
- Prepare a charity annual return
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for the charity sector
- Incorporation and names
- Charity Commission guidance
News and communications
- Helen Stephenson CBE speech at the ICAEW Charity Conference 2021
- Regulator oversees governance improvements after senior figures in development charity post anti-Semitic and offensive social media comments
- Charity Commission to consult on responsible investment guidance
- Charity Inquiry: Rigpa Fellowship
- Regulator opens statutory inquiry into Nottingham poverty relief charity after disqualifying former trustee
Research and statistics
- Ad hoc statistical analysis: 2020/21 Quarter 4
- DCMS Sector Economic Estimates: Employment Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
- Community Interest Companies registered in November 2020
- Ad-hoc statistical analysis: 2020/21 Quarter 2
- Regulating in the public interest
Policy papers and consultations
- How the Charity Commission appoints Interim Managers
- Charity Commission Regulatory and Risk Framework
- CIC Regulator: MoU with the Fundraising Regulator
- The value of the charity sector
- MOU: Charity Commission and the Information Commissioner
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Register of merged charities
- Whistleblowing disclosures made to the Charity Commission for England and Wales 2019 to 2020
- CIC Regulator: Annual Report 2019 to 2020
- Charity Commission spending over £25,000: June 2020
- Whistleblowing disclosures made to the Charity Commission for England and Wales 2018 to 2019