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How to follow the law if you sell alcohol at a charity event, including when you need to pay tax.
Find out what trustees need to do before deciding whether to make a grant to an organisation that isn’t a charity.
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.
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).
Guidance for charities governed by Royal Charter, or seeking Charter status.
Settle disputes between your charity's trustees, staff or members to avoid putting your charity’s funds and users at risk.
How to recruit and manage volunteers for your charity, including the vetting process, paying expenses, role descriptions and insurance.
Choose a unique name that people will remember when they want to make a donation or to volunteer.
How to run your charity for the public benefit.
What charities need to consider when campaigning or engaging in political activity. Also includes guidance about Elections and Referendums.
Follow employment laws and plan for risks when employing paid workers at your charity.
When charities can trade, tax rules and when to trade through a separate company.
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
Guidance for excepted churches, schools, Scout and Guide groups, and armed forces charities.
This guidance explains the rule in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charity to discriminate by limiting the group of people it helps.
Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
Actions you should take if you have a complaint about a charity, including when to report your concern to the Charity Commission.
How charities can hold, move and receive funds in the UK and internationally using formal banking systems and other methods.
How to identify and manage risks, handle money safely and protect your staff and beneficiaries if your charity works overseas.
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