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Comprehensive information for those people who want to form a community interest company (CIC), other stakeholders and those giving professional advice about CICs.
Information about the Young Futures Hubs (YF Hubs) and the eight participating Early Adopters including their aims, delivery model and participating local authorities.
Everything you need to know about how to become a sponsor including things to consider and thank you payments.
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
A list of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from outside the UK.
How to apply to the Court of Protection to challenge an order restricting someone's freedom or get a deprivation of liberty authorised.
This page explains upcoming changes to how charities report and prepare their accounts.
How to decide what your charity’s purposes are and write them in the ‘objects’ clause of your governing document.
How to set up and use your new 'Charity Commission Account' and manage other users’ access and permissions.
Directions and guidance the examiner must follow and the role and responsibility of independent examiners when examining the accounts of a charity.
Understand the rules and risks when using charity funds to pay a trustee or a person or organisation connected to a trustee.
Guidance about making trustee decisions, including the 7 decision-making principles.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
Regulations setting out what should be included in a governing document for a CIO.
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.
How to use internal financial controls to manage your charity’s financial activity and protect it from fraud and loss.
Charity trustees must 'have regard' to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when carrying out activities to which it's relevant.
How charities and CASCs can make written, verbal and online declarations and what information to include.
Find out about your responsibilities to keep everyone who comes into contact with your charity safe from harm: this includes volunteers, staff and beneficiaries.
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