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Charities registered in England or Wales must send an annual return to the Charity Commission or report their income and spending every year.
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.
Submit individual Gift Aid donations, aggregated donations and claims for sponsored events using Charities Online.
Change significant details about a recognised charity, using form ChV1.
What's required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.
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.
Models, templates and guidance for constitutions, articles of association and trust deeds for a new charity or charitable trust.
What to think about when recruiting and appointing new charity trustees, including rules about who can be a charity trustee.
Understand the rules and risks when using charity funds to pay a trustee or a person or organisation connected to a trustee.
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.
Find out what being a charity trustee involves, if you can claim expenses and where to get help and advice.
What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.
Check who is eligible to be a trustee and what skills they need to have
Guidance for charity trustees about serious incidents: how to spot them and how to report.
Find out how to submit a claim for tax repayments using online forms and databases.
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.
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