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Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
Guidance for auditors and independent examiners about the statutory duty to report any matters of significance to charity regulators in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Find out how charities can merge with other charities.
Charity Commission guidance about a phased timetable allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return, and why new questions have been included.
This guidance explains what charity trustees need to know when thinking about taking or defending legal action generally.
Approved governing documents produced by various national charities and umbrella bodies for use by organisations associated with them.
Analysis of the law relating to the principles of public benefit.
How to report on your charity's public benefit.
This guidance explains the rule in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charity to discriminate by limiting the group of people it helps.
How to legally raise money for your charity through legacies and wills.
How a church hall may be used for other charitable purposes if it is no longer needed exclusively for church purposes.
What trustees need to consider when acquiring land, whether for the charity’s own use or as an investment.
What to do if your charity does not raise enough money, raises more than you need, or circumstances change (sometimes called a ‘failed appeal’).
Advice and information on key aspects of the UK’s counter-terrorism legislation and how it may affect charities and their work.
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
How to ask the Official Custodian for Charities to hold the title to your charity's land on your behalf.
Regulations prescribing the information to be included in charities’ annual returns from 1 January 2025 onwards.
About the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you update your charity details within our online service.
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