If your charity has an annual income of more than £1,000,000 you need to: 

• complete Part A (charity information)
• complete Part B (financial information)
• complete Part C (summary information return)
• confirm that there are no serious incidents or other matters which need to be reported to the Charity Commission
• send a copy of your trustees' annual report (TAR), audited accounts and examiner's report

About the annual return

Part A (charity information) updates your charity's entry on the Register, and includes key areas such as contact and trustee details as well as income and expenditure.

Part B (financial information) asks for detailed financial information about your charity. You will need to have a final version of your charity's published accounts to help you complete this section.

Part C (summary information return) summarises your charity’s key aims, activities and achievements. It's displayed as part of your charity's entry on the online register of charities to help the public understand what your charity does and how well it's performed.

When completing the form, you must confirm that there are no serious incidents or other matters that they should report and have not already brought to our attention. Our guidance on Reporting serious incidents priovides more information.

You can attach your charity's TAR, accounts and examiner's report to the online form if you have them in PDF format. See 'Help with PDF files' for more information on working with PDFs.

How to complete the annual return

The form contains built-in guidance to help you complete each section. Once you're ready to start, click on the 'Login' button below to log in and complete the form.

Guidance notes for completing AR2012 and AR2013 are contained within the online forms and separate guidance is available for earlier years. See:

Annual return forms and guidance

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