About our services
All services and online forms for charity trustees and their representatives.
Read the guidance on each page before you start your task.
Request something from the Charity Commission
- get a charity registration certificate
- authorise a charity adviser to submit accounts
- transfer charity land or property to the Official Custodian
- contacting the Commission
Report something to the Charity Commission
- prepare a charity annual return
- report a change to your charity’s details
- report a serious incident in your charity on behalf of the trustees
- change your charity’s financial year
- report a change to your charity’s governing document
Get consent from the Charity Commission
- pay charity trustees or people connected to them
- apply for a waiver from automatic disqualification
- spend permanent endowment
- make a moral (ex gratia) payment
- sell, lease, buy, mortgage or transfer charity land and property
- get consent to make a change to your charity’s governing document
Close, merge or change a charity structure
- close a charity
- transfer charity assets
- change your charity structure
- link charities
- merge charities
- get help for your inactive or ineffective charity
- apply to be added to the register of mergers
Sign in to My Charity Commission Account
You need your own Charity Commission Account to access our online services. Find out how to request an account.
You can use this service to:
- submit your annual return
- report a change to your details
- amend your governing document
- change your financial year
- change your name or working name
Sign in to My Charity Commission Account
Before you start, read the guidance on: