The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do (CC3)
What's required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.
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Charity trustees are the people who share ultimate responsibility for governing a charity and directing how it is managed and run. They may be called trustees, the board, the management committee, governors, directors or something else.
This guidance explains what being a trustee involves, including:
- what trustees do
- who can be a trustee and how trustees are appointed
- their legal responsibilities
- specific trustee roles of chair and treasurer
You should read this guidance if you are:
- a trustee of any charity based in England or Wales
- thinking about setting up a charity or becoming a trustee in England or Wales
For a briefer overview, see Charity trustee: what’s involved (CC3a).
See also our ‘5 minute guides’ on the basics that all trustees need to know
Updates to this page
Last updated 3 May 2018 + show all updates
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This publication has been updated in line with recently published guidance on automatic disqualification and safeguarding.
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Added a Welsh version of the infographic (essential trustee: 6 main duties).
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The commission has published updated guidance for trustees that takes account of the feedback from the CC3 consultation.
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First published.