Charities paying a trustee or a connected person: understand the rules (CC11)
Understand the rules and risks when using charity funds to pay a trustee or a person or organisation connected to a trustee.
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Being a trustee is generally a voluntary role. This is what makes the charity sector unique and promotes trust and confidence in charities.
Sometimes, charities pay trustees. This guidance series is about different types of trustee payments or benefits. Read the right guidance if you are thinking about paying a trustee, or a person or organisation connected to a trustee. It sets out the risks and the rules you must follow.
If you are looking to change your charity’s governing document to allow trustee payments, read the right guidance.
Charities can pay trustee expenses: the costs that trustees reasonably incur to perform that role.
Paying expenses to trustees is not a trustee payment or benefit.
Think about whether you should encourage trustees at your charity to claim their expenses to avoid them stepping down for financial reasons.