Guidance

Conflicts of interest: a guide for charity trustees (CC29)

• From: The Charity Commission
• Part of: Managing your charity and Trustee role and board
• Published: 1 May 2014
• Applies to: England and Wales (see publications for Northern Ireland and Scotland)

Find out the legal and regulatory requirements relating to conflicts of interest and how trustees can identify and manage them.

Documents

Conflicts of interest: a guide for charity trustees

Ref: CC29 HTML

Conflicts of interest: a guide for charity trustees

PDF, 875KB, 28 pages

Addressing a conflict of interest: checklist

PDF, 76.4KB, 1 page

Case study: Conflicts of interest

PDF, 154KB, 4 pages

Legal underpinning

PDF, 295KB, 19 pages

Gwrthdaro buddiannau: canllaw i ymddiriedolwyr elusen

PDF, 901KB, 30 pages

Rhoi sylw i wrthdaro buddiannau: rhestr gyfeirio

PDF, 67.7KB, 1 page

Astudiaeth achos: gwrthdaro buddiannau

PDF, 231KB, 4 pages

Y sail gyfreithiol

PDF, 279KB, 19 pages

Details

Trustees have a duty to act in the best interest of their charity. If there’s a decision to be made where a trustee has a personal or other interest, this is a conflict of interest.

In order to comply with their duty and avoid risking their charity’s reputation, trustees should follow the 3 step approach:

• identify a conflict of interest
• deal with a conflict of interest
• record a conflict of interest

This guidance explains how charity trustees can deal with conflicts of interest and prevent them from happening.

Document information

Published: 1 May 2014

From: The Charity Commission

Part of: Managing your charity Trustee role and board