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Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.
Models, templates and guidance for constitutions, articles of association and trust deeds for a new charity or charitable trust.
Mapping resources, interactive tools and Open Data facilities to aid user鈥檚 exploration of the English indices of deprivation 2019.
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Find out what being a charity trustee involves, if you can claim expenses and where to get help and advice.
What to think about when recruiting and appointing new charity trustees, including rules about who can be a charity trustee.
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
Guidance for charity trustees about serious incidents: how to spot them and how to report.
How to write a nomination if you want to put someone forward for a national honour.
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
Bespoke model Articles of Association for use when forming or converting to a CIC, with memorandum of association and articles of association templates. When completing section A8 of form IN01, please only tick "option 鈥�
Find out how to make changes to your charity's governing document.
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Find out what procedures you need to follow to resign as a charity trustee or remove a trustee from the board.
A searchable index of businesses who have signed the Armed Forces Covenant.
This guide outlines what the law in England and Wales says a charity is.
Everything you need to know about how to become a sponsor including things to consider and thank you payments.
How to use internal financial controls to manage your charity鈥檚 financial activity and protect it from fraud and loss.
Samples showing the layout and format of trustees鈥� annual reports and accounts under SORP 2005. For samples under SORP FRSSE and SORP FRS 102, see detail below.
Comprehensive information for those people who want to form a community interest company (CIC), other stakeholders and those giving professional advice about CICs.
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