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Charity Commission guidance about a phased timetable allowing charitable companies to convert to charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
Guidance for charities governed by Royal Charter, or seeking Charter status.
How to legally raise money for your charity through legacies and wills.
How to ask the Official Custodian for Charities to hold the title to your charity's land on your behalf.
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.
What trustees need to know and do when making a moral, or ‘ex gratia’ payment.
This guidance explains the rule in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charity to discriminate by limiting the group of people it helps.
What trustees need to consider when acquiring land, whether for the charity’s own use or as an investment.
Guidance for trustees about charities raising funds from the public.
How the Revitalising Trusts Programme can help your inactive or ineffective charity.
Key issues and questions for charities to consider based on insights from our casework into campaigning and political activity during previous election periods.
How a church hall may be used for other charitable purposes if it is no longer needed exclusively for church purposes.
Understand how your legal duties are relevant to your charity’s use of social media.
Understand the rules on political activity and campaigning and how they are regulated.
Find out what happens when the Charity Commission opens an inquiry into a charity.
Analysis of the law relating to the principles of public benefit.
Privacy notice about how we process your data when you update your charity details within our online service.
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return 2023 and 2024, and why new questions have been included.
Charity Commission guidance about when charities can fundraise for an emergency and ways they can contribute to relief efforts.
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