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How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
Everything you need to know about how to become a sponsor including things to consider and thank you payments.
Before you start to set up a charity make sure that you know it is the best option for what you want to do.
This guide outlines what the law in England and Wales says a charity is.
Find out about your responsibilities to keep everyone who comes into contact with your charity safe from harm: this includes volunteers, staff and beneficiaries.
How to write a nomination if you want to put someone forward for a national honour.
This page explains upcoming changes to how charities report and prepare their accounts.
Information about the approved organisations that can help you find a guest or a sponsor.
This guidance is for anyone applying for a British passport who was born in the UK to parent(s) from the EEA.
Describes how the General Register Office can help you research your family tree and family history.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
An overview of the government’s new non-statutory definition of anti‑Muslim hostility, what it seeks to address and its intended application.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
Find out what sort of wrongdoing you can report to the Charity Commission, and how to report it.
How to use internal financial controls to manage your charity’s financial activity and protect it from fraud and loss.
Understand the rules and risks when using charity funds to pay a trustee or a person or organisation connected to a trustee.
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 change your charity structure, for example from unincorporated to a CIO or charitable company.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access in England.
How to decide what your charity’s purposes are and write them in the ‘objects’ clause of your governing document.
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