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What trustees need to do when preparing trustees’ annual reports, accounts and annual returns for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 November 2016.
How to transfer all your charity’s assets to another charity if it merges, changes structure or closes.
Samples showing the layout and format of trustees’ annual reports and accounts under SORP 2005. For samples under SORP FRSSE and SORP FRS 102, see detail below.
Find out what sort of wrongdoing you can report to the Charity Commission, and how to report it.
Legal rules for trustees when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation.
Find out how trustees can make the right decisions about investing charity funds.
What a charity registration certificate is and how to get one.
How trustees can identify, assess and manage risks to their charity.
Guidance on what purposes can be charitable.
Guidance for individuals about automatic disqualification rules, what to do if you become disqualified and how to apply for a waiver.
Find out the legal and regulatory requirements relating to conflicts of interest and how trustees can identify and manage them.
Advice on actions trustees can take to improve their charity’s finances, protect against financial difficulties and understand what to do if their charity is insolvent or at risk of insolvency.
Find out what your charity must send to the Commission and what services to use to help you get things right.
Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.
Trustees must carry out due diligence checks on donors, beneficiaries and local partners and can also monitor end use of funds.
You can start to raise funds for your charity once you have your governing document and trustees in place.
Use this checklist to review your charity's effectiveness at AGMs, trustee meetings, awayday discussions or planning meetings.
If you are a Community Interest Company (CIC) you can apply to convert directly to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Read about the changes that have been introduced by the Charities Act 2022.
Charity Commission guidance on running a village hall.
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