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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.
A charity's objects are a statement of its purposes - they must be exclusively charitable.
The rules for charities that want to support, or oppose, a change in government policy or the law.
Regulations setting out what should be included in a governing document for a CIO.
Information on the rules that charities must follow, and how parliamentary candidates can engage with them during an election campaign.
How to hold charity trustee and member meetings, including AGMs, so you can make decisions legally and your charity can run effectively.
Find out if a charity can pay trustees and what expenses trustees are entitled to.
How charities and CASCs can make written, verbal and online declarations and what information to include.
Principles that charity trustees should follow to make sound decisions and fulfil their legal responsibilities.
What trustees need to do when preparing trustees’ annual reports, accounts and annual returns for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 November 2016.
How to transfer all your charity’s assets to another charity if it merges, changes structure or closes.
How to request an account, and access to different services or additional charities.
Legal rules for trustees when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation.
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