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Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.
Find out when and how charities can engage in trading to raise funds and how to apply income on trading profits.
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
Find out what trustees need to do before deciding whether to make a grant to an organisation that isn’t a charity.
How to raise funds effectively and legally, protecting the public’s trust and confidence in your charity’s work.
Settle disputes between your charity's trustees, staff or members to avoid putting your charity’s funds and users at risk.
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return 2023 and 2024, and why new questions have been included.
Find out how charities can merge with other charities.
Use this checklist to review your charity's effectiveness at AGMs, trustee meetings, awayday discussions or planning meetings.
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.
Find out how to change your charity’s financial year (or financial period).
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
When charities can trade, tax rules and when to trade through a separate company.
How charities can hold, move and receive funds in the UK and internationally using formal banking systems and other methods.
Choose a unique name that people will remember when they want to make a donation or to volunteer.
How to recruit and manage volunteers for your charity, including the vetting process, paying expenses, role descriptions and insurance.
Find out how to keep your charity cyber secure, respond to cyber attacks, and report cyber crime.
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.
What charities need to consider when campaigning or engaging in political activity. Also includes guidance about Elections and Referendums.
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