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Goodbye GSI: Charity Commission email addresses are changing
Our email addresses are changing from Monday 25 February 2019. Our online services will be unavailable over the weekend to prepare for this change.
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Charity Fraud Awareness Week wins award
During Charity Fraud Awareness Week (October 2018) we helped the sector become more resilient to fraud, and won a Government Award for the campaign.
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Charitable think tank warned over breaches of charity law
Charity Commission issues formal legal warning against Institute of Economic Affairs
Press release
Charity regulator makes robust use of new enforcement powers
Charity Commission report on its compliance case work also shows continued increase in safeguarding case work and data exchanges with other agencies
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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.
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We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.
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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
From the 25 February 2019 our email addresses will be changing, they will no longer have .gsi in the address. All our email addresses will 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
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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