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Services

• Sure Start Maternity Grant claim form

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

• Form N245: Apply to suspend a warrant or vary payments made by a court order

  Use Form N245 to ask the court to change the amount you must pay to a person or business you owe money to, or to suspend a warrant issued by a court.

• 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.

• Form N443: Apply for a certificate to show you've paid a court order

  Use Form N443 to tell the court that you've paid the full amount of an order, and apply for a 'certificate of satisfaction' or 'certificate of cancellation'.

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Guidance and regulation

• Prepare a charity annual return

  Detailed guide

  11 September 2018

  The Charity Commission

• Support services for ex-service personnel

  Guidance

  19 June 2018

  Ministry of Defence

• How to set up a charity (CC21a)

  Detailed guide

  4 November 2014

  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

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News and communications

Details of third Polish-British Belvedere Forum announced

19 September 2018

World news story

1. PM speech at London Fashion Week reception: 18 September 2018
   • 18 September 2018
   • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
   • Speech
2. Charity regulator finds serious failings at unregistered organisation
   • 14 September 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • Press release
3. £25 million accounted for after charity regulator intervenes
   • 14 September 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • Press release
4. Charity Inquiry: double defaulter charities between April 2017 – March 2018
   • 14 September 2018
   • The Charity Commission
   • Decision

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Research and statistics

• Place-based giving schemes: funding, engaging and creating stronger communities
  • 13 September 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for Civil Society
  • Research
• Community Life Survey 2017-18
  • 13 September 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Official statistics
• International Migration Statistics for Northern Ireland 2017
  • 12 September 2018
  • Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)
  • National statistics
• Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, March 2018
  • 6 September 2018
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Official statistics
• Community Interest Companies registered in August 2018
  • 4 September 2018
  • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
  • Official statistics

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Policy and engagement

• 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

• 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
• CIC Regulator: MoU with the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)
  • 26 July 2018
  • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
  • Policy paper

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Transparency

• 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
• Accounts monitoring: charities annual reports and accounts meeting the reader’s needs
  • 3 September 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency
• Accounts monitoring: public benefit reporting requirement for charities
  • 3 September 2018
  • The Charity Commission
  • Transparency
• Heritage Lottery Fund (National Heritage Memorial Fund Lottery Distribution) annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2017
  • 3 August 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Heritage Lottery Fund (administered by the NHMF)
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
2. Cabinet Office
3. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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. Department for International Development
16. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
17. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
18. Government Equalities Office
19. HM Revenue & Customs
20. Civil Service
21. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
22. Central Arbitration Committee
23. HM Passport Office
24. Public Health England
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. HM Land Registry
13. Defence Equipment and Support
14. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
15. HM Nautical Almanac Office
16. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
17. Natural England
18. British Hallmarking Council
19. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
20. Dounreay
21. Forestry Commission
22. HM Prison Service
23. Joint Forces Command
24. Low Pay Commission
25. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
26. Radioactive Waste Management
27. Social Security Advisory Committee
28. UK Hydrographic Office
29. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees