Crisis communications for charities – Best Practice Guide
This guide from Charity Comms explores how to identify a crisis and what a successful crisis comms response looks like.
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When the Going Gets Tough - Governance Now 2019 Keynote
Highlights of Caroline Thomson's keynote speech at Governance Now, 8 November 2019.
Conflicts of Interest: a Guide for Charity Trustees
This guidance applies to the trustees of all charities in England and Wales, registered and unregistered. The Commission recommends that trustees read this guidance to understand the basics, and how it expects them to deal with conflicts of interest facing them or their charity. First published May 2014. Latest edition February 2017.
Alert for charities – cyber crime and how to report to the Charity Commission
This alert provides information and advice to charity trustees about cyber crime and how to report it. Published: 2 May 2019.
How VAT affects charities (VAT Notice 701/1)
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys. Published 28 October 2014. Last updated 1 May 2019.
Guidance for charities with a connection to a non-charity
How to manage and review your charity's connection to a non-charity. Published: March 2019.
Increases to charities’ small trading exemption limits
Updated HMRC regulation: This measure will increase the small trading tax exemption limits for charities that apply to trading that does not relate to a charity’s primary purpose. Published: 29 October 2018.
Charities and Trading Guidance
HMRC & The Charity Commission’s revised guidance on trading and setting up commercial trading subsidiaries. Published: June 2019.
Charity Governance Code Guide for Micro Charities
A guide to applying the principles of the Charity Governance Code, specially adapted for the smallest organisations.
10 Safeguarding Actions for Charity Trustees
Safeguarding should be a key governance priority for all charities, so the Charity Commission for England and Wales has set out 10 actions trustee boards need to take to ensure good safeguarding.
