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How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
How to decide what your charity’s purposes are and write them in the ‘objects’ clause of your governing document.
Find out about your responsibilities to keep everyone who comes into contact with your charity safe from harm: this includes volunteers, staff and beneficiaries.
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…
How to apply to remove a trustee’s legal name from public display on the charity register in England and Wales (known as a dispensation).
How to register your charity once it has been set up, what you need before you start your application and what happens after you apply.
Find out what your charity must send to the Commission and what services to use to help you get things right.
What to put in your trustees' annual report, depending on your charity's income and the value of its assets.
Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.
Information on the changes being introduced by the Charities Act 2022.
How to manage your charity’s financial activity and use internal financial controls to reduce the risk of loss.
Charity trustees must 'have regard' to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when carrying out activities to which it's relevant.
Find out how to identify and deal with conflicts of interest in your charity.
Directions and guidance the examiner must follow and the role and responsibility of independent examiners when examining the accounts of a charity.
How to change your charity structure, for example from unincorporated to a CIO or charitable company.
Understand the rules for making payments to trustees, including trustee expenses
Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.
You can start to raise funds for your charity once you have your governing document and trustees in place.
Find out how to pay less tax as a charity and when to set up a subsidiary trading company.
How to request an account, and access to different services or additional charities.
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