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Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.
How to hold charity trustee and member meetings, including AGMs, so you can make decisions legally and your charity can run effectively.
Find out how trustees can make the right decisions about investing charity funds.
How to request an account, and access to different services or additional charities.
Principles that charity trustees should follow to make sound decisions and fulfil their legal responsibilities.
Legal rules for trustees when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation.
Guidance on what purposes can be charitable.
How trustees can identify, assess and manage risks to their charity.
What a charity registration certificate is and how to get one.
Find out what sort of wrongdoing you can report to the Charity Commission, and how to report it.
What trustees need to do when preparing trustees’ annual reports, accounts and annual returns for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 November 2016.
How to follow the law if you sell alcohol at a charity event, including when you need to pay tax.
Find out if a charity can pay trustees and what expenses trustees are entitled to.
How to transfer all your charity’s assets to another charity if it merges, changes structure or closes.
How to apply to remove a trustee’s legal name from public display on the charity register in England and Wales (known as a dispensation).
Find out what your charity must send to the Commission and what services to use to help you get things right.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
How to raise funds effectively and legally, protecting the public’s trust and confidence in your charity’s work.
Find out what charity reserves are and how to develop and report on a charity's reserves policy.
Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.
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