Improving your charity’s finances (CC12)
Advice on actions trustees can take to improve their charity’s finances, protect against financial difficulties and understand what to do if their charity is insolvent or at risk of insolvency.
Applies to England and Wales
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Read this guidance for information about:
- actively managing your charity’s finances
- checking if your charity is in financial difficulty
- actions you can take to improve your charity’s finances
- what to do if you are unable to improve your charity’s finances and your charity is insolvent or at risk of insolvency
There is separate guidance for:
- charitable companies and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) that are insolvent or at risk of insolvency
- trusts and unincorporated associations that are insolvent or at risk of insolvency
Read the guidance that applies to your type of charity. This will help you to follow the correct rules.
If you do not know what your charity’s type is, check your governing document.
Updates to this page
Last updated 23 September 2024 + show all updates
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This guidance has been updated to make it more accessible and easier to use.
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Guidance updated to reflect changes introduced by the Charities Act 2022.
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First published.