Guidance

Changing your charity's governing document (CC36)

• From: The Charity Commission
• Part of: Managing your charity
• Published: 5 August 2011
• Applies to: England and Wales (see publications for Northern Ireland and Scotland)

Guidance for charity trustees, secretaries and advisers on making changes to a charity's governing document.

Documents

Changing your charity's governing document (CC36)

Ref: CC36 HTML

Changing your charity's governing document (CC36)

PDF, 444KB, 14 pages

Newid dogfen lywodraethol eich elusen (CC36)

Ref: CC36W - PDF PDF, 445KB, 15 pages

Details

Guidance on how to make changes to a charity’s governing document.

Trustees should check the governing document first as it may contain a procedure for making amendments or need Charity Commission consent.

When you apply to have your governing document amended, you will need to have:

• details of the changes to the governing document
• the reasons for the amendments
• the date of the meeting when the changes were agreed

This guidance is for unincorporated charities and charitable companies - it is not suitable for CIOs or those governed by Royal Charter.

Find out how to change the governing document of CIOs and Royal Charters.

Document information

Published: 5 August 2011

From: The Charity Commission

Part of: Managing your charity