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Charities

  • Find a charity

    Search the Charity Commission's database for details about a charity

  • Set up a charity

    What you need to do and your obligations

  • Register a charity

    When you need to register with the Charity Commission

  • Become a charity trustee

    Find out how you could help run a charity by volunteering as a charity trustee

  • Prepare a charity's annual return

    A guide to what information you need to provide in your annual return, where to get it and when to complete the online form

  • Send your charity's annual return to the Charity Commission

    Complete your charity’s annual return online

  • Close a charity

    Instructions that you have to tell the Charity Commission when you close your charity

  • Report changes to your charity

    Update your charity’s details including your named contact, trustees and activities

  • Complain about a charity

    Who to contact and how to take your complaint further - what you can complain about, regulators, Charity Commission, Fundraising Standards Board, Advertising Standards Authority

  • Get permission to pay a trustee

    How to apply to the Charity Commission for consent to pay a trustee, including expenses, or find out if consent is needed

  • Change a charity's governing document

    Apply for the Charity Commission’s consent to amend your charity’s governing document

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