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What charities and their trustees need to consider when fundraising from the public.
Follow employment laws and plan for risks when employing paid workers at your charity.
Find out how charities can merge with other charities.
Charity Commission guidance on running a village hall.
What it means to be an 'exempt' charity and how exempt charities are regulated.
When charities can trade, tax rules and when to trade through a separate company.
Guidance for excepted churches, schools, Scout and Guide groups, and armed forces charities.
Charity Commission guidance on the legal requirement that charities provide public benefit.
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
How to set a reserves policy for your charity and report on its reserves in your trustees’ annual report.
Information about fraud and cyber crime, how to spot it and what you can do to protect against it.
How to recruit and manage volunteers for your charity, including the vetting process, paying expenses, role descriptions and insurance.
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
How to run your charity for the public benefit.
Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
Find out what trustees need to do before deciding whether to make a grant to an organisation that isn’t a charity.
Find out how to change your charity’s financial year (or financial period).
Choose a unique name that people will remember when they want to make a donation or to volunteer.
Settle disputes between your charity's trustees, staff or members to avoid putting your charity’s funds and users at risk.
How charities can hold, move and receive funds in the UK and internationally using formal banking systems and other methods.
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