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Submit individual Gift Aid donations, aggregated donations and claims for sponsored events using Charities Online.
To access our online services you need to have set up a My Charity Commission Account.
What's required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.
1. About this guidance This guidance explains the key duties of all…
Browse a list of available government grants and see if you're eligible to apply for them.
Guidance to help you set up and run your charity.
Models, templates and guidance for constitutions, articles of association and trust deeds for a new charity or charitable trust.
Charities registered in England or Wales must send an annual return to the Charity Commission or report their income and spending every year.
The processes you need to follow, and the documents you need to submit, when you are a community interest company or you wish to form (or convert to) a community interest company.
What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.
Change significant details about a recognised charity, using form ChV1.
Guidance for charity trustees about serious incidents: how to spot them and how to report.
How to set up and use your new 'Charity Commission Account' to access online services on behalf of your charity.
Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.
Find out how to submit a claim for tax repayments using online forms and databases.
Find out what being a charity trustee involves, if you can claim expenses and where to get help and advice.
Guidance about making trustee decisions, including the 7 decision-making principles.
Bespoke model Articles of Association and model Memorandum of Association. Please note: When applying to incorporate a CIC online a Memorandum of Association is not required, it is also not required when applying to conve…
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
Find out how to make changes to your charity's governing document.
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