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Search the charity register to find details of registered charities in England and Wales including contact information, activities, latest financial reports and current trustees.
Charity registration decisions which are significant or of wider interest.
How to register your charity once it has been set up, what you need before you start your application and what happens after you apply.
Access the register of merged charities and understand when you can, or must, register your merger to help you secure future gifts.
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).
How the commission makes sure it only registers organisations that meet the legal test for charitable status and are required to register.
The background to the Review of the Register of Charities and explains the characteristics determining charitable status.
We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.
Charities can register online with HMRC and claim tax relief or get tax back on Gift Aid donations and bank interest, charitable purposes, registration
To start a charity you need trustees, to choose a business structure, decide suitable charitable purposes and you may have to register with the Charity Commission
We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence. The Charity Commission is a non-ministerial department.
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