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Regulations setting out what should be included in a governing document for a CIO.
Find out how to identify and deal with conflicts of interest in your charity.
What a charity registration certificate is and how to get one.
A charity's objects are a statement of its purposes - they must be exclusively charitable.
Legal rules for trustees when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation.
Guidance for individuals about automatic disqualification rules, what to do if you become disqualified and how to apply for a waiver.
Trustees must carry out due diligence checks on donors, beneficiaries and local partners and can also monitor end use of funds.
How trustees can identify, assess and manage risks to their charity.
Guidance on what purposes can be charitable.
Find out what your charity must send to the Commission and what services to use to help you get things right.
Find out how trustees can make the right decisions about investing charity funds.
Charity Commission guidance on running a village hall.
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return 2023 and 2024, and why new questions have been included.
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).
You can start to raise funds for your charity once you have your governing document and trustees in place.
Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.
Find out the legal and regulatory requirements relating to conflicts of interest and how trustees can identify and manage them.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
Guidance about trustee expenses, including what costs can be paid as expenses and what should be in a trustee expenses policy.
Read about the sorts of concerns and complaints about charities to raise with the charity regulator. This guidance is now the Commission’s Regulatory and Risk Framework.
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