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Guidance for charities governed by Royal Charter, or seeking Charter status.
How charities can hold, move and receive funds in the UK and internationally using formal banking systems and other methods.
This guidance explains the rule in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charity to discriminate by limiting the group of people it helps.
Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
How to recruit and manage volunteers for your charity, including the vetting process, paying expenses, role descriptions and insurance.
Charity Commission guidance about a phased timetable allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
Understand how your legal duties are relevant to your charity鈥檚 use of social media.
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return 2023 and 2024, and why new questions have been included.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you update your charity details within our online service.
What trustees need to consider when acquiring land, whether for the charity鈥檚 own use or as an investment.
How to legally raise money for your charity through legacies and wills.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you send an annual return to the Charity Commission.
Get help from the 鈥楻evitalising Trusts鈥� programme to either close or revitalise your charity.
How a church hall may be used for other charitable purposes if it is no longer needed exclusively for church purposes.
Regulations prescribing the information to be included in charities鈥� annual returns from 1 January 2023 onwards.
Find out what happens when the Charity Commission opens an inquiry into a charity.
Find out how charities can vest land in the name of the Official Custodian for Charities.
How charity trustees can protect their assets and resources by choosing the right type of insurance.
What to do if your charity does not raise enough money, raises more than you need, or circumstances change (sometimes called a 鈥榝ailed appeal鈥�).
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you apply to register a charity with the Charity Commission.
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