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Find out about the types of fundraising donations that charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) can and cannot claim Gift Aid on.
Find out how to make changes to your charity's governing document.
Check who is eligible to be a trustee and what skills they need to have
Before you start to set up a charity make sure that you know it is the best option for what you want to do.
What to put in your trustees' annual report, depending on your charity's income and the value of its assets.
The Charities SORP provides guidance to preparers of charity accounts. The SORP provides recommendations and requirements setting out how to prepare ‘true and fair’ accounts in accordance with UK accounting standards. The SO…
This guide outlines what the law in England and Wales says a charity is.
How to set up and use your new 'Charity Commission Account' and manage other users’ access and permissions.
Understand the rules and risks when using charity funds to pay a trustee or a person or organisation connected to a trustee.
Comprehensive information for those people who want to form a community interest company (CIC), other stakeholders and those giving professional advice about CICs.
Use our online service to keep your charity’s information and contact details up-to-date with the Charity Commission.
How to change your charity structure, for example from unincorporated to a CIO or charitable company.
How to use internal financial controls to manage your charity’s financial activity and protect it from fraud and loss.
Guidance about making trustee decisions, including the 7 decision-making principles.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
How trustees set up their Charity Commission Account.
How to decide what your charity’s purposes are and write them in the ‘objects’ clause of your governing document.
Sets out the main requirements for incorporating a company in the UK.
How to register your charity once it has been set up, what you need before you start your application and what happens after you apply.
Find out what sort of wrongdoing you can report to the Charity Commission, and how to report it.
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