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If your charity last did an annual return before 12 November 2018
The Charity Commission changed its systems on 12 November 2018. If you have not submitted an annual return online since then, you’ll need to do things differently.
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Trustees disqualified for serious misconduct and mismanagement at charity misused for terrorism offences involving children
Charity regulator reports on its inquiry into Essex Islamic Academy
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International Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2019
Get involved between 21 and 25 October to help your organisation and the charity sector become more resilient to fraud.
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Charities Against Fraud Awards 2019
The Fraud Awards will recognise and celebrate the achievements of people proactively fighting fraud in the charity sector.
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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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- Charity Commission disqualifies trustee for ‘wholly inadequate’ running of charitable fund for Syria
- Regulators set out plans to ensure the charity accounting framework better serves the public
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Contact Charity Commission
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.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
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