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Find out what it means to be a charity and what to do if setting up a charity is the right option for you.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
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.
Guidance on what purposes can be charitable.
Guidance for trustees about charities raising funds from the public.
Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.
Regulations setting out what should be included in a governing document for a CIO.
If you are a Community Interest Company (CIC) you can apply to convert directly to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Find out about the rules that apply to the selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land.
Guidance about trustee expenses, including what costs can be paid as expenses and what should be in a trustee expenses policy.
Find out what your charity must send to the Commission and what services to use to help you get things right.
Find out how to plan, run and keep a record of charity meetings.
Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.
The rules for charities that want to support, or oppose, a change in government policy or the law.
How to follow the law if you sell alcohol at a charity event, including when you need to pay tax.
What it means to be an 'exempt' charity and how exempt charities are regulated.
Information on charity banking and the support available to charities trying to access adequate banking services.
Find out when and how charities can engage in trading to raise funds and how to apply income on trading profits.
Charity Commission guidance on the legal requirement that charities provide public benefit.
What charities need to consider when campaigning or engaging in political activity. Also includes guidance about Elections and Referendums.
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