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To access our online services you need to have set up a My Charity Commission Account.
Guidance to help you set up and run your charity.
Charities registered in England or Wales must send an annual return to the Charity Commission or report their income and spending every year.
Models, templates and guidance for constitutions, articles of association and trust deeds for a new charity or charitable trust.
What's required of a charity trustee, including your responsibilities to your charity.
How to set up and use your new 'Charity Commission Account' to access online services on behalf of your charity.
Find out what being a charity trustee involves, if you can claim expenses and where to get help and advice.
Guidance for charity trustees about serious incidents: how to spot them and how to report.
What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.
Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.
Guidance for charity trustees explaining what conflicts of interest are, and how to deal with them.
How to close a charity, and what to tell the Charity Commission when you have closed the charity.
Find out how to make changes to your charity's governing document.
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
Guidance about making trustee decisions, including the 7 decision-making principles.
Check who is eligible to be a trustee and what skills they need to have
What to put in your trustees' annual report, depending on your charity's income and the value of its assets.
What to think about when recruiting and appointing new charity trustees, including rules about who can be a charity trustee.
Find out what procedures you need to follow to resign as a charity trustee or remove a trustee from the board.
Find out about your responsibilities to keep everyone who comes into contact with your charity safe from harm: this includes volunteers, staff and beneficiaries.
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