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Tax exemptions and reliefs for charities - apply for recognition by HMRC as a charity, reclaim tax on Gift Aid, profits and expenditure
As a charity you can get certain tax reliefs. To benefit you must be…
As a charity you do not pay tax on most of your income and gains if you…
To get tax relief your charity must be: based in the UK established for…
If you receive income with tax deducted, for example donations you can…
If your charity has income that does not qualify for tax relief you must…
Search the charity register to find details of registered charities in England and Wales including contact information, activities, latest financial reports and current trustees.
We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence. The Charity Commission is a non-ministerial department.
What Gift Aid is, who can claim, what donations are eligible for Gift Aid, Gift Aid declarations for your charity or community amateur sports club (CASC), how to claim
To start a charity you need trustees, to choose a business structure, decide suitable charitable purposes and you may have to register with the Charity Commission
How to link charities to make accounting and reporting easier.
VAT relief available to charities - relief, what you pay, registering, charging VAT
Find guidance on raising funds for your charity and what trustees need to consider.
This plan explains how the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will implement the Charities Act 2022.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
How to identify partners to work with, draw up agreements and fundraise for other charities.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
Charities registered in England or Wales must send an annual return to the Charity Commission or report their income and spending every year.
Change your charity's details with the Charity Commission online.
How to manage and review your charity's connection to a non-charity.
Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.
Charities can register online with HMRC and claim tax relief or get tax back on Gift Aid donations and bank interest, charitable purposes, registration
Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.
How to take a complaint about a charity further, including what you can complain about and reporting serious incidents to the Charity Commission, Fundraising Standards Board and Advertising Standards Authority
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
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