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How to decide what your charity’s purposes are and write them in the ‘objects’ clause of your governing document.
Guidance on defining intended purpose for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), to help SaMD manufacturers in meeting their statutory obligations.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
Guidance on public benefit and charitable purposes for charities and organisations wishing to become charities.
Charity trustees must 'have regard' to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when carrying out activities to which it's relevant.
Guidance on what purposes can be charitable.
Orlando Fraser's speech to Getting on Board’s Festival of Trusteeship, as part of Trustees' Week 2023.
Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for understanding drivers of education system performance
Local plan examinations and the planning issues they deal with can be complex. This is intended as a short guide for those who might be participating in a local plan examination for the first time. It does not aim to...
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