The Annual Update form is a convenient way for charity trustees to comply with their duty to notify the Commission of changes to key information about their charity. This form is intended only for charities:

• whose reporting period started before 27th February 2007 and whose income and expenditure was £10,000 or less; or
• whose reporting period started on or after 27th February 2007 and whose income was £10,000 or less

If your charity does not fall into either of these categories, you will need to complete an Annual Return form. 

The information you give may be recorded on the Register of Charities, which is open to public inspection at our offices and on our website. Please note that we do not make the charity’s bank details, trustees’ addresses and telephone numbers, or dates of birth available to the public.

Once again, we have split the 'charity contact' details into two parts. We have distinguished between charities with an individual as contact and those with an organisation as contact (e.g. a firm of solicitors or the charity itself at its office address). This was in response to the growing number of charities wishing to use an organisation as a point of contact on the Register of Charities.

Reminder

Charities in this category are not required to send accounts to the Commission but they must still prepare them and make them available on request.

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