Guidance and regulation

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

Guidance to help you set up and run your charity.

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

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

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

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 23 March 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

Find out about the types of fundraising donations that charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) can and cannot claim Gift Aid on.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 22 October 2019

Before you start to set up a charity make sure that you know it is the best option for what you want to do.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 12 September 2018

How to get the right people with the right skills on your charity's trustee board.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 19 August 2014

Find out about your responsibilities to keep everyone who comes into contact with your charity safe from harm: this includes volunteers, staff and beneficiaries.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 17 November 2021

What to put in your trustees' annual report, depending on your charity's income and the value of its assets.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 10 May 2013

Information on the changes being introduced by the Charities Act 2022.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 7 March 2024

New funding scheme to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England improve their energy efficiency.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Updated: 18 January 2024

Directions and guidance the examiner must follow and the role and responsibility of independent examiners when examining the accounts of a charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 14 July 2021

Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.

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

How to request an account, and access to different services or additional charities.

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

Information about being selected to take part in the Community Life Survey.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 1 June 2022

Regulations setting out what should be included in a governing document for a CIO.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 1 November 2023

Find out what sort of wrongdoing you can report to the Charity Commission, and how to report it.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 3 June 2019