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What The Charity Commission is doing
News story
Alert for charities – risk of CEO fraud through Christmas gift cards
This alert provides information and advice to charity trustees, employees and volunteers to help prevent CEO fraud at Christmas time.
News story
Check and update your charity details
All registered charities in England and Wales will need to check and update their details before they can submit an annual return.
Blog post
Share your experience to help increase the number of young trustees
A guest blog by The Social Change Agency about sharing your experiences to help increase the number of young trustees.
News story
Updated approach to assessing applications from organisations promoting complementary and alternative therapies
We have concluded our review of charitable status and the promotion of complementary and alternative therapies
Press release
Charity Commission Chair welcomes new members of the regulator
Regulator also publishes updated governance framework
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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.
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Contact Charity Commission
Contact Centre
Open Monday to Friday, 10am to midday and 1pm until 3pm
0300 066 9197
We cannot talk you through a form or provide password information.
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
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
24 hour voicemail service
0300 065 2199
Use this service if you are a trustee of a registered charity and you want to report a serious incident in your charity.
We will let you know when we receive your report and assess how you are dealing with the incident. We will contact you again if we:
• need more information about the incident
• have to give you regulatory advice and guidance
• have to use legal powers to protect 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 policy 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.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
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