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What charities and their trustees need to consider when fundraising from the public.
How to manage and review your charity's connection to a non-charity.
Troubleshooting tips for our most frequently asked questions about using My Charity Commission Account.
Find out how trustees can make the right decisions about investing charity funds.
How a person can be disqualified as a charity trustee, and key checks to make of registers of removed trustees.
Information on charity banking and the support available to charities trying to access adequate banking services.
Find out what it means to be a charity and what to do if setting up a charity is the right option for you.
Advice on actions trustees can take to improve their charity’s finances, protect against financial difficulties and understand what to do if their charity is insolvent or at risk of insolvency.
Understand what information you will need to prepare for the Annual Return 2023 and 2024, and why new questions have been included.
Read about the changes that have been introduced by the Charities Act 2022.
Guidance about trustee expenses, including what costs can be paid as expenses and what should be in a trustee expenses policy.
Find out what charity reserves are and how to develop and report on a charity's reserves policy.
Find out about the rules that apply to the selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
Privacy notice about how we process your personal data when you set up and use ‘My Charity Commission Account’.
How to identify partners to work with, draw up agreements and fundraise for other charities.
How to identify and manage risks, handle money safely and protect your staff and beneficiaries if your charity works overseas.
Guidance for excepted churches, schools, Scout and Guide groups, and armed forces charities.
Find out how to plan, run and keep a record of charity meetings.
Find out what trustees need to do before deciding whether to make a grant to an organisation that isn’t a charity.
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