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Guidance for charities governed by Royal Charter, or seeking Charter status.
How to run your charity for the public benefit.
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
How charities can hold, move and receive funds in the UK and internationally using formal banking systems and other methods.
What trustees need to know and do when making a moral, or ‘ex gratia’ payment.
Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
Find out how to change your charity’s financial year (or financial period).
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you update your charity details within our online service.
Follow employment laws and plan for risks when employing paid workers at your charity.
This guidance explains what charity trustees need to know when thinking about taking or defending legal action generally.
Charity Commission guidance about a phased timetable allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return 2023 and 2024, and why new questions have been included.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you send an annual return to the Charity Commission.
How to ask the Official Custodian for Charities to hold the title to your charity's land on your behalf.
Find out how charities can vest land in the name of the Official Custodian for Charities.
Charity Commission guidance about when charities can fundraise for an emergency and ways they can contribute to relief efforts.
How charity trustees can protect their assets and resources by choosing the right type of insurance.
How a church hall may be used for other charitable purposes if it is no longer needed exclusively for church purposes.
How to report on your charity's public benefit.
Analysis of the law relating to the principles of public benefit.
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