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Guidance for charity trustees about serious incidents: how to spot them and how to report.
This document lists the employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme, and their status (committed, employer or leader).
How to write a nomination if you want to put someone forward for a national honour.
What to put in your trustees' annual report, depending on your charity's income and the value of its assets.
Find out how to submit a claim for tax repayments using online forms and databases.
A list of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from outside the UK.
Find out about the types of fundraising donations that charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) can and cannot claim Gift Aid on.
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
The Charities SORP provides guidance to preparers of charity accounts. The SORP provides recommendations and requirements setting out how to prepare ‘true and fair’ accounts in accordance with UK accounting standards. The SO…
Before you start to set up a charity make sure that you know it is the best option for what you want to do.
How trustees set up their Charity Commission Account.
Find out what being a charity trustee involves, if you can claim expenses and where to get help and advice.
Find out how to make changes to your charity's governing document.
Comprehensive information for those people who want to form a community interest company (CIC), other stakeholders and those giving professional advice about CICs.
How to get the right people with the right skills on your charity's trustee board.
Find out what procedures you need to follow to resign as a charity trustee or remove a trustee from the board.
Mapping resources, interactive tools and Open Data facilities to aid user’s exploration of the English indices of deprivation 2019.
The recruitment, appointment and induction process for new charity trustees and how to set a framework for recruitment.
Check which sports clubs are registered with HMRC as community amateur sports clubs as of 6 October 2023.
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
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