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• Annual returns & accounts
• Registering your charity
• Running your charity
• Changing your charity's details
• Closing or merging your charity
• Other popular FAQs

• Annual returns & accounts

  • How do I write a Trustees’ Annual Report?
  • Can I get a sample annual return form to see what's involved?
  • What is included as income?
  • What does my charity have to send the Commission?
  • Do my charity's accounts need to be reviewed by an independent third party?
  • How do I complete the annual return online?

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• Registering your charity

  • How do I start a charity?
  • How do I convert an existing charity into a charitable company?
  • Can we view the form before starting the application?
  • Which governing document is right for my charity?
  • How long does it take to register a charity?
  • When can I register as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation?

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• Running your charity

  • How do I claim Gift Aid?
  • What is a custodian or holding trustee?
  • How do I resign as a Trustee?
  • How many trustees do we need?
  • What are the responsibilities of a trustee?
  • Can you give advice on fundraising?

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• Changing your charity's details

  • How do we change our contact and trustee details?
  • How do we change our charity's name?
  • How do we amend our governing document? 
  • How do we change or widen our objects?
  • How do we adopt a working name?
  • Why have our registered details been changed?

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• Closing or merging your charity

  • How do we close our charity?
  • Our charity closed some time ago, can we be removed?
  • Can we deregister as our income is under £5,000?
  • How do we notify you that we have closed?
  • Why has our charity been removed and can we be reinstated?
  • How do we merge with another charity?

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• Other popular FAQs

  • How can I get a copy of a charity's governing document?
  • Can I view the accounts for a charity?
  • How do I complain about a charity?
  • How do I make Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the Commission?
  • What should I do if a charity isn't having meetings?

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