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The home of The Charity Commission on GOV.UK. We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.
Search the charity register to find details of registered charities in England and Wales including contact information, activities, latest financial reports and current trustees.
Access to our online services has changed. Set up or sign into your new My Charity Commission Account.
How to set up your new 'My Charity Commission Account' to access online services on behalf of your charity.
Charities registered in England or Wales must send an annual return to the Charity Commission or report their income and spending every year.
The Charity Commission has issued new guidance on charities’ use of social media.
To start a charity you need trustees, to choose a business structure, decide suitable charitable purposes and you may have to register with the Charity Commission
Understand how your legal duties are relevant to your charity’s use of social media.
Guidance to help you set up and run your charity.
How to set up a charity: find trustees, choose a name and structure, create a governing document, meet the public benefit requirement, register your charity.
Use our online service to keep your charity’s information and contact details up-to-date with the Charity Commission.
Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.
What's required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.
You must send an annual return if your charity’s income is more than £10,000. All charities must keep their registered details up to date.
What Gift Aid is, who can claim, what donations are eligible for Gift Aid, Gift Aid declarations for your charity or community amateur sports club (CASC), how to claim
Models, templates and guidance for constitutions, articles of association and trust deeds for a new charity or charitable trust.
What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment of any kind.
Find out what procedures you need to follow to resign as a charity trustee or remove a trustee from the board.
Find out what being a charity trustee involves, if you can claim expenses and where to get help and advice.
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
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