Guides
Getting started
- How to set up a charity
- How to set up a CIO, step by step
- Starting a charity with no money: the real costs
- Small charities under £5,000
- CIO, charitable company or trust?
- Setting up a charitable company at Companies House
- Before you start operating
- Foundation or association CIO?
- CIC or charity?
Purposes and public benefit
Trustees
- How many trustees does a charity need?
- Charity trustee rules and disqualification
- Can you pay yourself from your own charity?
- Trustee declaration: wet signatures and what to collect
The application
- Charity Commission application questions explained
- Why charity applications get sent back
- How long charity registration takes