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How to report on your charity's public benefit.
How charities can hold, move and receive funds in the UK and internationally using formal banking systems and other methods.
What to do if your charity does not raise enough money, raises more than you need, or circumstances change (sometimes called a ‘failed appeal’).
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.
This guidance explains the rule in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charity to discriminate by limiting the group of people it helps.
Regulations prescribing the information to be included in charities’ annual returns from 1 January 2023 onwards.
About the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance.
Use this checklist to review your charity's effectiveness at AGMs, trustee meetings, awayday discussions or planning meetings.
Charitable status and tax issues connected with affordable home ownership.
How your charity can deliver public services on behalf of organisations like local authorities, the NHS or government departments.
How to legally raise money for your charity through legacies and wills.
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.
Protect your charity against financial difficulties and know what to do if the worst happens.
What trustees need to consider when acquiring land, whether for the charity’s own use or as an investment.
How to ask the Official Custodian for Charities to hold the title to your charity's land on your behalf.
Approved governing documents produced by various national charities and umbrella bodies for use by organisations associated with them.
How charity trustees can protect their assets and resources by choosing the right type of insurance.
How trustees, staff and volunteers can protect their charity from abuse by those encouraging extremism, terrorism or illegal activity.
This guide gives some examples of types of personal benefit.
What charity trustees must do if they want to make an ex gratia payment from charity funds.
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