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Read about the changes that have been introduced by the Charities Act 2022.
Find out when and how charities can engage in trading to raise funds and how to apply income on trading profits.
As a new charity trustee, this guide will help you in your role. It can also be used by existing trustees to refresh knowledge and skills.
Follow employment laws and plan for risks when employing paid workers at your charity.
Use this checklist to review your charity's effectiveness at AGMs, trustee meetings, awayday discussions or planning meetings.
Charity Commission guidance on the legal requirement that charities provide public benefit.
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
Find out how to keep your charity cyber secure, respond to cyber attacks, and report cyber crime.
When charities can trade, tax rules and when to trade through a separate company.
Choose a unique name that people will remember when they want to make a donation or to volunteer.
Find out how charities can merge with other charities.
How to recruit and manage volunteers for your charity, including the vetting process, paying expenses, role descriptions and insurance.
Find out how to change your charity’s financial year (or financial period).
How to identify and manage risks, handle money safely and protect your staff and beneficiaries if your charity works overseas.
What charities need to consider when campaigning or engaging in political activity. Also includes guidance about Elections and Referendums.
Guidance for auditors and independent examiners about the statutory duty to report any matters of significance to charity regulators in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
This guidance explains the rule in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charity to discriminate by limiting the group of people it helps.
What charity trustees must do if they want to make an ex gratia payment from charity funds.
How charities can hold, move and receive funds in the UK and internationally using formal banking systems and other methods.
How to run your charity for the public benefit.
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