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What The Charity Commission is doing
8 August 2018 — Blog post
Charities and non-charities: why the difference matters
The outcome of our consultation about draft guidance for charities that work closely with connected non-charitable organisations.
3 August 2018 — News story
Start preparing now for the 2018 charity annual return
The 2018 annual return service will be available by the end of August. It will include new questions that you can start preparing for now.
1 August 2018 — News story
Charity automatic disqualification rules: changes to the law
The law has changed to extend the scope of who will be disqualified from running a charity.
11 July 2018 — News story
Regulator publishes new research into factors the public associate with trustworthy charities
“Transparency is not enough: Charities need to demonstrate authenticity to rebuild trust” Charity Commission tells charities
2 July 2018 — Press release
Regulator provides update on work of its interim safeguarding taskforce
Charity Commission update shows continued increase in reports of serious safeguarding incidents by charities
20 July 2018 — Collection
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 Centre
Open Monday to Friday, 10am to midday and 1pm until 3pm
0300 066 9197
Please note: we cannot talk you through a form or provide password information.
Annual accounts should now be submitted online. Please do not send accounts to PO Box 1329 or PO Box 1227 as these addresses are now inactive and the accounts will not be received.
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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.
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests
Read our privacy policy about how we process your data when you submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charity-commission-freedom-of-informationenvironmental-information-regulations-request-privacy-notice)
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.
The commission will let you know it’s received your report and will assess how you are dealing with the incident. It will contact you again if it:
• needs more information about the incident
• has to give you regulatory advice and guidance
• has to use its legal powers to protect your charity
Whistleblowing
Use this service if you are a paid charity employee or adviser and you want to report suspected wrongdoing in the organisation you work for.
Read our guidance Whistleblowing: guidance for charity employees (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/whistleblowing-guidance-for-charity-employees)
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.
- Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.
FOI requests
Read out privacy policy about how we process your data when you submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charity-commission-freedom-of-informationenvironmental-information-regulations-request-privacy-notice)
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