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If you are a Community Interest Company (CIC) you can apply to convert directly to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
How a person can be disqualified as a charity trustee, and key checks to make of registers of removed trustees.
Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.
This guidance aims to provide clarity, practical steps, and reassurance to help charities navigate difficult circumstances.
Regulations setting out what should be included in a governing document for a CIO.
Guidance about trustee expenses, including what costs can be paid as expenses and what should be in a trustee expenses policy.
Read about the changes that have been introduced by the Charities Act 2022.
The rules for charities that want to support, or oppose, a change in government policy or the law.
What charities need to consider when campaigning or engaging in political activity. Also includes guidance about Elections and Referendums.
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.
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).
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 how to plan, run and keep a record of charity meetings.
What it means to be an 'exempt' charity and how exempt charities are regulated.
How to identify partners to work with, draw up agreements and fundraise for other charities.
Charity Commission guidance on the legal requirement that charities provide public benefit.
Find out about the rules that apply to the selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land.
How to request an account, and access to different services or additional charities.
Guidance explains what independent examination involves, how to select an independent examiner for your charity and what you need to do to prepare for an independent examination.
Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.
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