Charities Governance Code Review
Complex and Non Complex Charities
About the 'Charities Governance Code'
The Charities Governance Code explains the minimum standards you should meet to effectively manage and control your charity.
Good governance involves putting in place systems and processes to ensure that your charity achieves its charitable objectives with integrity and is managed in an effective, efficient, accountable and transparent way.
If you wish to browse our Charities Governance Code FAQ's you will find them here.
The Charities Governance Code Training Video
In 2020 the Charities Regulator held remote training sessions of the Charities Governance Code which we've recorded so that you can watch them here. This video covers all six principles. We've outlined below where each principle begins in the video.
Principle 1 - 3:07 Principle 2 - 13:35 Principle 3 - 21:13 Principle 4 - 31:08 Principle 5 - 44:05 Principle 6 - 1:03:08.
Charities Governance Code Toolkit - Guidance Notes and Templates
Charity trustees are responsible for the governance of their charity and should make sure that the six principles of the Charities Governance Code are being applied. In order to assist and provide practical support to charity trustees in their efforts, the Charities Regulator is committed to developing a suite of guidance documents and templates. To download a document, click on the document title below to access it.
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Sample Completed Compliance Record Form
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Compliance Record Form
Download the editable Compliance Record Form (WORD doc)
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Charity Trustee Duties and Roles
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Meetings and Minutes
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Planning and Risk
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Recruitment and Induction
Recruitment and induction of prospective charity trustees (PDF document)
Induction pack checklist (PDF document)
Guidance on Code of Conduct for charity trustees (PDF document)
Code of Conduct for charity trustees template (WORD document)
Guidance note on Charity Trustee Term Limits and Succession Planning (PDF document)
Due diligence for prospective charity trustees (PDF document)
Sample Code of Conduct for Volunteers (WORD document).
Sample Code of Conduct for Employees (WORD document).
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General note on 'other' legal and regulatory requirements
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Board Appraisal
Download the Charities Governance Code
Download the Charities Governance Code
Download the editable Compliance Record Form (WORD doc)
If you have any queries regarding the Code please email them to governancecode@charitiesregulator.ie and one of our team will respond.