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Charities registered in England or Wales must send an annual return to the Charity Commission or report their income and spending every year.
Guidance to help you set up and run your charity.
How to set up and use your new 'Charity Commission Account' to access online services on behalf of your charity.
What's required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.
What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.
Models, templates and guidance for constitutions, articles of association and trust deeds for a new charity or charitable trust.
Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.
Find out what being a charity trustee involves, if you can claim expenses and where to get help and advice.
Guidance for charity trustees about serious incidents: how to spot them and how to report.
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
What to put in your trustees' annual report, depending on your charity's income and the value of its assets.
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
Find out how to make changes to your charity's governing document.
What to think about when recruiting and appointing new charity trustees, including rules about who can be a charity trustee.
Check who is eligible to be a trustee and what skills they need to have
The Charities SORP provides guidance to preparers of charity accounts. The SORP provides recommendations and requirements setting out how to prepare ‘true and fair’ accounts in accordance with UK accounting standards. The SO…
Before you start to set up a charity make sure that you know it is the best option for what you want to do.
This guide outlines what the law in England and Wales says a charity is.
How to set up and use your new 'Charity Commission Account' and manage other users’ access and permissions.
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