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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.
What charity trustees must do if they want to make an ex gratia payment from charity funds.
Find out how charities can merge with other charities.
Guidance for charities governed by Royal Charter, or seeking Charter status.
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.
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
Advice and information on key aspects of the UK’s counter-terrorism legislation and how it may affect charities and their work.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you send an annual return to the Charity Commission.
How to report on your charity's public benefit.
Charity Commission guidance about a phased timetable allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
How the Revitalising Trusts Programme can help your inactive or ineffective charity.
Understand how your legal duties are relevant to your charity’s use of social media.
Find out how charities can vest land in the name of the Official Custodian for Charities.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you update your charity details within our online service.
How to ask the Official Custodian for Charities to hold the title to your charity's land on your behalf.
How a church hall may be used for other charitable purposes if it is no longer needed exclusively for church purposes.
This guidance explains what charity trustees need to know when thinking about taking or defending legal action generally.
How to legally raise money for your charity through legacies and wills.
What to do if your charity does not raise enough money, raises more than you need, or circumstances change (sometimes called a ‘failed appeal’).
What trustees need to consider when acquiring land, whether for the charity’s own use or as an investment.
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