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Choose a unique name that people will remember when they want to make a donation or to volunteer.

• Updated: 14 June 2023

Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling

• When you can make decisions for someone

  Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…

• How to make decisions

  As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…

• Checking mental capacity

  A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…

New advice to help you choose a business rates agent.

• Updated: 23 July 2025

How to choose data tools and infrastructure that are flexible, scalable, sustainable and secure.

• Updated: 1 July 2019

Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company

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.

Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published after 1 January 2019

• Updated: 5 January 2023

Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.

Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights

Compare different evaluation approaches and choose an appropriate method.

• Updated: 19 May 2021