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How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
These individuals must not manage independent schools, academies and free schools or be a governor at a local-authority-maintained school.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
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.
This report from Ofsted and the National Governance Association looked at school governance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How a church hall may be used for other charitable purposes if it is no longer needed exclusively for church purposes.
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
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