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Correspondence
Charity Commission News: Issue 63
CC News provides essential regulatory information for charity trustees and their advisers.
Speech
Regulating charities in line with changing needs in society
Charity Commission Chief Executive, Helen Stephenson CBE, delivers welcome plenary at Nonprofit Academic Centers Council Biennial Conference 2019.
News story
Check and update your charity details
All registered charities in England and Wales need to check and update their details before submitting an annual return.
Detailed guide
Five ways civil society organisations can prepare for Brexit
How civil society organisations can prepare for when the UK leaves the EU.
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Charity Commission alerts, decisions, reports and statements
Charity Commission case reports, decisions made, inquiry reports, regulatory alerts and statements on live cases.
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What The Charity Commission does
We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.
Charity Commission is a non-ministerial department.
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- Commission inquiry finds charity was not carrying out any charitable or other activities
- London school sold and shut by trustee who acted ‘without considering consequences’
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- MOU: Charity Commission (CCEW) and the Office for Students (OfS)
- Charity Commission diversity and inclusion strategy 2019 to 2023
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- The Official Custodian for Charities annual accounts 2018 to 2019
- Charity Commission trade union facility time
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Contact Centre
Open Monday to Friday, 9am to midday and 1pm until 4pm
0300 066 9197
Find out how to get a password or log in to Charity Commission online services
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission/about-our-services
Our email addresses have changed, they no longer have '.gsi' in the address. All our email addresses now end with @charitycommission.gov.uk
Complain about a charity
What to do if a charity won't deal with your complaint, or if you suspect illegal activity like terrorism or abuse.
Enquiry form
We can only respond to an enquiry when the Charity Commission has to be involved.
Report a serious incident in your charity
Charity trustees must report serious incidents to us, and explain how incidents are being dealt with.
Find out how to report serious incidents and what to report.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-report-a-serious-incident-in-your-charity
Whistleblowing
Find out what sort of wrongdoing you can report to the Charity Commission, and how to report it.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-serious-wrongdoing-at-a-charity-as-a-worker-or-volunteer
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests
Read our privacy notice about how we process your data when you submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request
www.gov.uk/government/publications/charity-commission-freedom-of-informationenvironmental-information-regulations-request-privacy-notice
Make an FOI request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
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