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Approved governing documents produced by various national charities and umbrella bodies for use by organisations associated with them.
Find out how charities can merge with other charities.
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.
Understand how your legal duties are relevant to your charity’s use of social media.
How to report on your charity's public benefit.
What charity trustees must do if they want to make an ex gratia payment from charity funds.
How a church hall may be used for other charitable purposes if it is no longer needed exclusively for church purposes.
Charity Commission guidance about a phased timetable allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
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.
Advice and information on key aspects of the UK’s counter-terrorism legislation and how it may affect charities and their work.
About the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance.
Key issues and questions for charities to consider based on insights from our casework into campaigning and political activity during previous election periods.
How to legally raise money for your charity through legacies and wills.
What trustees need to consider when acquiring land, whether for the charity’s own use or as an investment.
Find out how charities can vest land in the name of the Official Custodian for Charities.
Guidance for charity trustees on when to report incidents involving the charity's partners as a serious incident.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you send an annual return to the Charity Commission.
Analysis of the law relating to the principles of public benefit.
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return, and why new questions have been included.
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