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Services

• Sure Start Maternity Grant claim form

  Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.

• Charity trustee: declaration of eligibility and responsibility

  Trustees of charities in England and Wales should complete and sign this form to confirm their eligibility to be a trustee.

• Charity accounting templates: receipts and payments accounts

  Accounting templates for non-company charities with gross income of £250,000 or less which can prepare receipts and payments accounts.

• Trustees' annual report template (SORP 2005)

  A pro-forma charity trustees' annual report, primarily designed for smaller charities that do not need to have their accounts audited.

• Nominate someone for a UK national honour

  Use this form to nominate a UK resident for a national honour by post or email.

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Guidance and regulation

• Prepare a charity annual return

  Detailed guide

  28 September 2018

  The Charity Commission

• The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do (CC3)

  Guidance

  3 May 2018

  The Charity Commission

• Charity types: how to choose a structure (CC22a)

  Detailed guide

  4 November 2014

  The Charity Commission

• How to set up a charity (CC21a)
  • Detailed guide
  • 4 November 2014
  • The Charity Commission
• How to register a charity (CC21b)
  • Detailed guide
  • 2 February 2015
  • The Charity Commission

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News and communications

17 October 2018 — Press release

“We must work with charities to address systemic underreporting of serious incidents by charities”

The Charity Commission

1. Special Constables and Police Volunteers Honoured at Awards
   • 16 October 2018
   • Home Office
   • News story
2. Winners of the Falklands Regional Competition 2018-2019 announced
   • 16 October 2018
   • World news story
3. New board of trustees in place at school charity following regulator’s intervention
   • 16 October 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • Press release
4. New Charity Inquiry: Future Vision Care and Future Vision Consortium
   • 15 October 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Race Disparity Audit
  • 11 October 2018
  • Cabinet Office, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Justice, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, and Race Disparity Unit
  • Research
• Statistical Bulletin Indicator 31 Percentage of the population who think all leisure centres, parks, libraries and shopping centres are 'shared and open' to both Protestants and Catholics
  • 4 October 2018
  • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and The Executive Office (Northern Ireland)
  • Official statistics
• Statistical Bulletin Indicator 35 Percentage of the population who believe their cultural identity is respected by society
  • 4 October 2018
  • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and The Executive Office (Northern Ireland)
  • Official statistics
• Community Interest Companies registered in September 2018
  • 3 October 2018
  • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
  • Official statistics
• Public Appointments: Annual Report for Northern Ireland, 2016/17
  • 27 September 2018
  • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and The Executive Office (Northern Ireland)
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Civil society strategy: have your say 9 August 2018

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for Civil Society

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 22 May 2018

• Charities that are connected with non-charitable organisations: maintaining your charity’s separation and independence 8 August 2018

  The Charity Commission

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 15 May 2018

• Better combat compensation 3 August 2018

  Ministry of Defence

  Closed consultation

  Date closed 23 February 2017

• A connected society: A strategy for tackling loneliness
  • 15 October 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, and Office for Civil Society
  • Policy paper
• Civil Society Strategy: building a future that works for everyone
  • 9 August 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for Civil Society
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Libraries Taskforce: six month progress report (April to September 2018)
  • 10 October 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Corporate report
• Twenty-first meeting of the Libraries Taskforce
  • 4 October 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Corporate report
• Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016 to 2021
  • 28 September 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Corporate report
• Grenfell Tower fire: charitable funds raised and distributed
  • 7 September 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency
• Accounts monitoring: small charity annual reports and accounts meeting the reader’s needs
  • 3 September 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
3. Cabinet Office
4. Department for Work & Pensions
5. Ministry of Defence

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1. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Department for Education
4. Ministry of Justice
5. Office for Civil Society
6. Home Office
7. HM Treasury
8. Department of Health & Social Care
9. Social Mobility Commission
10. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
11. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
12. UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation
13. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
14. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
15. Government Equalities Office
16. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
17. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
18. Department for International Development
19. HM Revenue & Customs
20. Civil Service
21. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
22. Central Arbitration Committee
23. Public Health England
24. HM Passport Office
25. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
26. Independent Dormant Assets Commission
27. Northern Ireland Office
28. Office for Disability Issues
29. Civil Service Fast Stream
30. Department for Transport
31. Academy for Social Justice Commissioning
32. Crown Commercial Service
33. Government Digital Service
34. Government Office for Science
35. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
36. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
37. Valuation Office Agency
38. Bona Vacantia
39. Companies House
40. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
41. Defence Safety Authority
42. Department for International Trade
43. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
44. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
45. Government Legal Department
46. Homes England
47. National security and intelligence
48. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
49. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
50. Open Public Services
51. Race Disparity Unit
52. Stabilisation Unit
53. UK Visas and Immigration

1. The Charity Commission
2. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
3. Veterans UK
4. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
5. Environment Agency
6. Sellafield Ltd
7. Military Aviation Authority
8. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
9. Ofsted
10. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
11. Innovate UK
12. Magnox Ltd
13. HM Land Registry
14. Defence Equipment and Support
15. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
16. HM Nautical Almanac Office
17. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
18. Natural England
19. British Hallmarking Council
20. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
21. Dounreay
22. Forestry Commission
23. HM Prison Service
24. Joint Forces Command
25. Low Pay Commission
26. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
27. Radioactive Waste Management
28. Social Security Advisory Committee
29. UK Hydrographic Office
30. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees