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The recruitment, appointment and induction process for new charity trustees and how to set a framework for recruitment.
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
This guide outlines what the law in England and Wales says a charity is.
How to manage your charity’s financial activity and use internal financial controls to reduce the risk of loss.
Find out about the rules you must follow to govern your charity.
Understand the rules on political activity and campaigning and how they are regulated now a general election has been called.
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.
Directions and guidance the examiner must follow and the role and responsibility of independent examiners when examining the accounts of a charity.
How to decide what your charity’s purposes are and write them in the ‘objects’ clause of your governing document.
How to change your charity structure, for example from unincorporated to a CIO or charitable company.
Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.
Samples showing the layout and format of trustees’ annual reports and accounts under SORP 2005. For samples under SORP FRSSE and SORP FRS 102, see detail below.
Charity trustees must 'have regard' to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when carrying out activities to which it's relevant.
You can start to raise funds for your charity once you have your governing document and trustees in place.
Find out how to identify and deal with conflicts of interest in your charity.
Find out about your responsibilities to keep everyone who comes into contact with your charity safe from harm: this includes volunteers, staff and beneficiaries.
Understand the rules for making payments to trustees, including trustee expenses
Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.
Find out how to pay less tax as a charity and when to set up a subsidiary trading company.
Find out what sort of wrongdoing you can report to the Charity Commission, and how to report it.
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