Guidance

Official warnings to charities and trustees: Q and A

How the Charity Commission can use official warnings to deal with wrongdoing in charities.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Published: 15 December 2016

Applies to England and Wales

• Publication for Northern Ireland
• Publication for Scotland

Documents

Official warnings to charities and trustees: Q and A

PDF, 182 KB, 7 pages

Details

The commission can issue an official warning when it considers there has been a breach of trust or duty or other misconduct or mismanagement in a charity. This power supplements the commission’s existing powers to deal with wrongdoing in charities. You should read this guidance if you:

• want to know more about official warnings and when the commission may use them
• receive an official warning and want to know more about what it means for you and your charity

For more detail see the commission’s operational guidance on official warnings.

Published 15 December 2016