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What The Charity Commission is doing
26 September 2018 — News story
Make sure you submit your charity annual return on time
The deadline for submitting the 2017 annual return is the 31 October, if your charity has a 12-month accounting period.
25 September 2018 — Press release
Charity Commission report shows almost 40% of small charities are providing inaccurate financial information
Not enough small charities are providing correct financial information in their annual returns is the finding of a new report from the Charity Commission.
5 September 2018 — Blog post
Charities working internationally: you spoke, we listened
Results of our survey for charities working internationally to find out if our guidance meets your needs.
16 August 2018 — News story
Alert for charities – be aware of insider fraud threats
This alert provides information and advice to charity trustees, employees and volunteers to help prevent falling victim to insider fraud.
24 August 2018 — Corporate information
Working for Charity Commission
The Charity Commission is a non-Ministerial Government Department and part of the Civil Service.
5 September 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
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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
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 whistleblowing guidance for charity employees www.gov.uk/guidance/whistleblowing-guidance-for-charity-employees
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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