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What to do if your charity does not raise enough money, raises more than you need, or circumstances change (sometimes called a ‘failed appeal’).
How charity trustees can protect their assets and resources by choosing the right type of insurance.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you apply to register a charity with the Charity Commission.
About the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance.
How trustees, staff and volunteers can protect their charity from abuse by those encouraging extremism, terrorism or illegal activity.
Find out what happens when the Charity Commission opens an inquiry into a charity.
Find out how charity service users can help to develop the charity's services by being trustees.
Regulations prescribing the information to be included in charities’ annual returns from 1 January 2025 onwards.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you contact the Charity Commission as a whistleblower.
How your charity can deliver public services on behalf of organisations like local authorities, the NHS or government departments.
Charity Commission guidance for charities established with a religious purpose.
Guidance for councillors and council officers of a local authority which is a trustee of a charity.
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
Guidance for charity trustees on when to report incidents involving the charity's partners as a serious incident.
An overview of the legal and good practice issues that charities need to consider when delivering public services.
Guidance for managing NHS charities in England and Wales.
Regulations giving authority for total return investment by charities.
How an unincorporated charity can nominate someone to hold the title of its property or assets on its behalf.
Charity Commission disclaimer for using SORP accounting templates.
Key issues and questions for charities to consider based on insights from our casework into campaigning and political activity during previous election periods.
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