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Find out the legal and regulatory requirements relating to conflicts of interest and how trustees can identify and manage them.
How a person can be disqualified as a charity trustee, and key checks to make of registers of removed trustees.
How to manage and review your charity's connection to a non-charity.
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
How to follow the law if you sell alcohol at a charity event, including when you need to pay tax.
Find out about the rules that apply to the selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land.
If you are a Community Interest Company (CIC) you can apply to convert directly to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Charity Commission guidance on the legal requirement that charities provide public benefit.
Find out what charity reserves are and how to develop and report on a charity's reserves policy.
What it means to be an 'exempt' charity and how exempt charities are regulated.
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
What charities and their trustees need to consider when fundraising from the public.
Understand how your legal duties are relevant to your charity’s use of social media.
The rules for charities that want to support, or oppose, a change in government policy or the law.
Find out when and how charities can engage in trading to raise funds and how to apply income on trading profits.
Find out how to change your charity’s financial year (or financial period).
How to recruit and manage volunteers for your charity, including the vetting process, paying expenses, role descriptions and insurance.
How to set a reserves policy for your charity and report on its reserves in your trustees’ annual report.
Find out how to make changes to your charity's governing document.
Follow employment laws and plan for risks when employing paid workers at your charity.
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