Guidance and regulation

Information and guidance on the Equality Act 2010, including age discrimination and public sector Equality Duty.

• From: Equality and Human Rights Commission and 1 others
• Updated: 16 June 2015

Access to our online services has changed. Set up or sign into your new My Charity Commission Account.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 14 September 2023

How to set up and use your new 'Charity Commission Account' to access online services on behalf of your charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 16 November 2023

Charities registered in England or Wales must send an annual return to the Charity Commission or report their income and spending every year.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 5 October 2023

Guidance to help you set up and run your charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 27 September 2023

Guidance for employers on gender pay gap reporting, including preparing your data and making your calculations.

• From: Government Equalities Office
• Updated: 9 January 2024

How to set up and use your new 'Charity Commission Account' and manage other users’ access and permissions.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 16 November 2023

How the Equality Act 2010 defines disability, and what law changes mean for the public, businesses, and the public and voluntary sectors.

• From: Government Equalities Office
• Updated: 8 March 2013

This page introduces the Participation Survey and links to all relevant documents.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 29 February 2024

Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 4 November 2014

Submit individual Gift Aid donations, aggregated donations and claims for sponsored events using Charities Online.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 4 July 2019

Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 13 September 2021

Models, templates and guidance for constitutions, articles of association and trust deeds for a new charity or charitable trust.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 11 October 2022

Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 23 March 2022

Help completing the passport application form from outside the UK.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Updated: 18 May 2022

What's required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 3 May 2018

What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 1 June 2022

The Victims' Code focuses on victims' rights and sets out the minimum standard that organisations must provide to victims of crime.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 29 February 2024

How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 11 December 2014

A list of premises that have been approved for civil marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Updated: 6 January 2023