Guidance Documents Charities Regulator

The Charities Regulator endeavours to provide guidance and advice relating to all aspects of our work.

The organisation was established under the Charities Act 2009 and we have included a copy of that document here for reference.

If you are considering applying for charitable status, we have produced and published a suite of guidance documents to help with the consideration and submission of your application. These documents also provide advice about governance and best practice.

Guidance documents

General

Charities Act 2009(455 kb)

Technical User Guide - How do I use 'MyAccount'?(2423 kb)

What is Public benefit?(2881 kb)

Crisis Management for Small Charities(604 kb)

Crisis Management for Charities(1686 kb)

Guidance Note for Registered Charities on Fundraising through Clothing Label Collections and Clothing Bank Collections(554 kb)

Guidance

What is a charity?(8446 kb)

Registration Guidelines(3138 kb)

Charities Governance Code(363 kb)

Safeguarding Guidance for Charitable Organisations working with Vulnerable Persons(192 kb)

Safeguarding Guidance for Charitable Organisations working with Children(1866 kb)

Guidance On Winding Up A Charity(2664 kb)

Protecting your charity from cybercrime(390 kb)

Guidance on Charities and the Promotion of Political Causes(167 kb)

Changing a charity's legal form(248 kb)

Choosing a charity name(1599 kb)

Trustees

Guidance for Charity Trustees(8794 kb)

Charities Regulator Public Trust Infographic(41 kb)

Charities Governance Code Toolkit - Guidance Notes and Templates

Charities Governance Code checklist

Sample Completed Compliance Record Form

Compliance Record Form

Charity Trustee Duties and Roles

Meetings and Minutes

Planning and Risk

Recruitment and Induction

General note on 'other' legal and regulatory requirements

Board Appraisal

Fundraising

Guidelines for Charitable Organisations on Fundraising from the Public(2812 kb)

Guidance Note for Registered Charities on Fundraising through Clothing Label Collections and Clothing Bank Collections(554 kb)

Finance

Internal Financial Controls Guidelines for Charities(480 kb)

Guidance on Charity Reserves(88 kb)

Guidance on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing for Charities(120 kb)

Credit Cards controls for Charities(329 kb)

Overview of the proposed Charity Financial Accounting Regulations and Charities SORP(280 kb)

Conflict of Interest

Managing Conflicts of Interest(3005 kb)

Managing Conflicts of Interest - Appendix A (Word document)(27 kb)

Managing Conflicts of Interest - Appendix B (Word document)(19 kb)

Model Constitutions & Clauses

Model Constitution Clg(55 kb)

Standard Clauses Clg(27 kb)

Unincorporated Model Constitution(76 kb)

Unincorporated Standard Clauses(19 kb)

'MyAccount' (Charity Registration IT System) - User Guides

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