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Settle disputes between your charity's trustees, staff or members to avoid putting your charity’s funds and users at risk.
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).
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
How to request an account, and access to different services or additional charities.
Guidance for people who are thinking about fundraising for charity, including for an emergency situation, from the Charity Commission of England and Wales and the Fundraising Regulator.
Read about the changes that have been introduced by the Charities Act 2022.
Privacy notice about how we process your personal data when you set up and use ‘My Charity Commission Account’.
Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
Find out how to change your charity’s financial year (or financial period).
How to identify partners to work with, draw up agreements and fundraise for other charities.
Use this checklist to review your charity's effectiveness at AGMs, trustee meetings, awayday discussions or planning meetings.
How to run your charity for the public benefit.
Guidance for excepted churches, schools, Scout and Guide groups, and armed forces charities.
Choose a unique name that people will remember when they want to make a donation or to volunteer.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you update your charity details within our online service.
How charities can hold, move and receive funds in the UK and internationally using formal banking systems and other methods.
How to recruit and manage volunteers for your charity, including the vetting process, paying expenses, role descriptions and insurance.
How to ask the Official Custodian for Charities to hold the title to your charity's land on your behalf.
How to identify and manage risks, handle money safely and protect your staff and beneficiaries if your charity works overseas.
This guidance explains the rule in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charity to discriminate by limiting the group of people it helps.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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