Guidance and regulation

Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 23 March 2022

What's required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 3 May 2018

• The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do

  1. About this guidance This guidance explains the key duties of all…

What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 1 June 2022

Find out what procedures you need to follow to resign as a charity trustee or remove a trustee from the board.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 23 May 2013

Guidance for charity trustees about serious incidents: how to spot them and how to report.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 14 June 2019

The recruitment, appointment and induction process for new charity trustees and how to set a framework for recruitment.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 7 March 2024

How to get the right people with the right skills on your charity's trustee board.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 19 August 2014

How to apply to remove a trustee’s legal name from public display on the charity register in England and Wales (known as a dispensation).

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 9 February 2024

Find out what your charity must send to the Commission and what services to use to help you get things right.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 2 November 2020

Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 2 November 2020

Charity trustees must 'have regard' to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when carrying out activities to which it's relevant.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 14 February 2014

Find out how to identify and deal with conflicts of interest in your charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 2 November 2020

Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 2 November 2020

Guidance for individuals about automatic disqualification rules, what to do if you become disqualified and how to apply for a waiver.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 1 August 2018

How to hold charity trustee and member meetings, including AGMs, so you can make decisions legally and your charity can run effectively.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 23 May 2013

How a person can be disqualified as a charity trustee, and key checks to make of registers of removed trustees.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 1 April 2013

This guide gives some examples of types of personal benefit.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 10 May 2013

Guidance for councils and other local authorities that are trustees of charities.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 23 May 2013

How charity trustees can be liable for the actions of employees, volunteers and others who act for the charity.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 23 May 2013

Information on the incorporation of charity trustees, what types of charity can apply and what happens after incorporation.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Updated: 1 March 2012