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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 trustees can identify, assess and manage risks to their charity.
Our personal information charter explains how we process personal data.
Key issues and questions for charities to consider based on insights from our casework into campaigning and political activity during previous election periods.
How a person can be disqualified as a charity trustee, and key checks to make of registers of removed trustees.
Find out what it means to be a charity and what to do if setting up a charity is the right option for you.
How to raise funds effectively and legally, protecting the public’s trust and confidence in your charity’s work.
Find out about making valid trustee decisions that are in your charity’s best interests.
Find out what your charity must send to the Commission and what services to use to help you get things right.
Use this template when independently examining charity accounts.
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
How to tell HMRC and the Charity Commission about changes to a charity's contact and address details
Find out what charity reserves are and how to develop and report on a charity's reserves policy.
Trustees must carry out due diligence checks on donors, beneficiaries and local partners and can also monitor end use of funds.
How to identify partners to work with, draw up agreements and fundraise for other charities.
Find out how to responsibly manage and protect your charity's money and assets.
Privacy notice about how we process your personal data when you set up and use ‘My Charity Commission Account’.
Guidance explains what independent examination involves, how to select an independent examiner for your charity and what you need to do to prepare for an independent examination.
The Charity Commission has opened an inquiry into Streets Ahead for Information.
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