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Find out what charity reserves are and how to develop and report on a charity's reserves policy.
Guidance on what purposes can be charitable.
How a person can be disqualified as a charity trustee, and key checks to make of registers of removed trustees.
Privacy notice about how we process your personal data when you set up and use ‘My Charity Commission Account’.
Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.
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.
Find out what it means to be a charity and what to do if setting up a charity is the right option for you.
Regulations setting out what should be included in a governing document for a CIO.
Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.
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.
The rules for charities that want to support, or oppose, a change in government policy or the law.
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.
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 how to plan, run and keep a record of charity meetings.
How to follow the law if you sell alcohol at a charity event, including when you need to pay tax.
Information on charity banking and the support available to charities trying to access adequate banking services.
What it means to be an 'exempt' charity and how exempt charities are regulated.
Settle disputes between your charity's trustees, staff or members to avoid putting your charity’s funds and users at risk.
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
How to request an account, and access to different services or additional charities.
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