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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 what happens when the Charity Commission opens an inquiry into a charity.
Support and guidance for charities undertaking lifesaving work under challenging circumstances in the region.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you contact the Charity Commission as a whistleblower.
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
How the Revitalising Trusts Programme can help your inactive or ineffective charity.
An overview of the legal and good practice issues that charities need to consider when delivering public services.
Advice and information on key aspects of the UK’s counter-terrorism legislation and how it may affect charities and their work.
Information for auditors and independent examiners about reporting relevant matters of interest to UK charity regulators.
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.
Guidance for councillors and council officers of a local authority which is a trustee of a charity.
Regulations prescribing the information to be included in charities’ annual returns from 1 January 2025 onwards.
Regulations giving authority for total return investment by charities.
About the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you apply to register a charity with the Charity Commission.
How charity trustees can be liable for the actions of employees, volunteers and others who act for the charity.
How the Charity Commission can use official warnings to deal with wrongdoing in charities.
How commercial companies engage in charitable activities.
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