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What The Charity Commission is doing
Government response
Updated guidance to support trustee decision-making
Commission updates ‘Protecting charities from harm’ toolkit
News story
Changes to how you update your charity details
You will need to check and update your charity details before you can submit your annual return.
News story
New questions in the 2018 charity annual return service
Information about new questions in the 2018 annual return service and why we are asking them.
Blog post
There's no room for doubt around safeguarding: protecting people is too important
Our blog post explains the importance of safeguarding, and the updates we’ve made to our guidance for charities and trustees.
News story
Ensuring charity can thrive and inspire trust so that people can improve lives and strengthen society
Charity Commission unveils its purpose as part of new Statement of Strategic Intent
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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.
Latest from The Charity Commission
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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