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FAQs about trustees and governance
What are holding trustees and custodian trustees?
Code of Governance for the Voluntary and Community Sector
Turning your charity into a charitable limited company (incorporating)
Enhanced Register of Charities
Can a trustee resign?
How many people make up a quorum?
What are 'exempt' charities?
How do I set up a charitable company?
Who can attend a charity's Annual, Extraordinary, or Special General Meetings (AGM, ERM or SGM)
Are CRB Disclosures compulsory for trustees of charities working with children or vulnerable adults?
Charities Back on Track: themes and lessons from the Charity Commission's compliance work 2008-09
Making payments to your charity's trustees
Are trustees liable if a charity gets into financial difficulty or becomes insolvent?
Trustee indemnity insurance (TII)
Permanent Endowment: What is it and when can it be spent?
What is the role of Trustees?
Changing a charity's name
The BOOST initiative
How should the appointment of a new trustee be formalised?
Do all charities need to have an Annual General Meeting?
Where can a charity obtain free legal advice?
Can I become a charity trustee?
Can charities own or invest in trading subsidiaries, and can trustees be directors?
Can we amend the charity's purposes (objects)?
Who can see minutes of meetings of charity trustees?
How should charities check on prospective trustees?
What information regarding my charity's status should appear on the charity's documentation?
What help and support is there for charity trustees?
Does my charity need a conflict of interests policy?
Trustee expenses
What’s the latest news on Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs)?
Should I ask new trustees to sign something to say they can be a trustee?
What is the role and function of the patron of a charity?
Charitable companies - powers of amendment
How do we amend our governing document?
Can a charity's registered address and trustee details be kept private?
Conflicts of interest
What kind of person will make a good trustee?
Our church is often asked for its registered charity number. Why don't we have one?
What are the basic financial controls that charity trustees need to consider?
How can charities merge or work together?
When will the Charity Commission intervene in a dispute within a charity or charities?
Do charitable companies need to change memorandums to comply with s.175 of the Companies Act?
What internal financial controls are needed to make payments by debit cards or BACs direct payment?
Reinstatement of removed charities
How can we prove that we are a registered charity?
Can we appoint trustees who are resident abroad or do not have British nationality?
How can charities get help to find trustees?
Can local authorities be charity trustees?
Are trustee meetings mandatory?
Private benefits to the promoters of charities
Can a charity pay for a party for its volunteers and staff?
Is there any relief of charity trustees and others from liability for breach of trust or duty?
Guide to NHS Charities
How should new charity trustees be inducted?
How does a charitable company change their name?
Can we buy a trustee's leaving present using charity funds?
How long does a Disclosure last?
Data Protection Act 1998
Charities and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Can charities which restrict membership still meet the public benefit requirement?
Amending administrative provisions of unincorporated charities
How should an individual apply to the Criminal Records Bureau for a Disclosure?
Charities working internationally
Incorporation of charity trustees
New guidance for Parochial Church Councils
School Funds
What is the definition of a charity merger?
What is the status of academy charities from 1 August 2011?
Can we make gifts to retiring or long serving charity trustees?
What are small charities?
Should a charity aim to have a diverse board of charity trustees?
Hallmarks of an Effective Charity
How should gifts in kind and donated services be accounted for?
What is the Register of Mergers and what are its benefits?
Can a charity recruit charity trustees from its users or beneficiaries?
Charities and Risk Management
What documents should new trustees receive?
What is a 'scheme'?
What is the procedure for calling meetings?
Charitable corporate foundations
Is it possible to have a waiver of a charity trustee's disqualification?
Governance guidance for faith-based charities
Power to determine the membership of a charity
Campaigning and political activities by charities
How can I find a solicitor or professional adviser who specialises in charity law?
What is Get Legal the decision-making tool for charities, social enterprises and co-operative organisations?
How do we go about changing of outdated objects by Scheme?
Is the new Compliance Toolkit 'Protecting Charities from Harm' now available?
What if a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure shows some cause for concern?
What information is there available for charities and their employees about redundancy?
Who are the trustees of your charity?
Gift Aid, what is it?
How does a charity find new trustees?
What is the position with regard to charities and the recession?
Is an 'Easy Read' guidance available for trustees with learning disabilities?
What happens if a disqualified person becomes a trustee of a charity?
Can a charity recruit internally for trustees?
Our investments have dropped in value - can the trustees be made personally liable for any losses?
I have heard about Trustees' Week, but what is it?
Can we hold a charity trustee meeting using video conferencing facilities?
What support should be provided for new trustees?
How can a charity make its charity trustee board more diverse?
Can a charity's land be sold to someone connected to the charity?
Tenders/Tendering
Charities working in the field of human rights
Is advertising a good way to attract new charity trustees?
What is the situation regarding payments by cheque?
New model constitution for setting up a small charity
User involvement in charities
What is the position regarding the appointment of interim managers?
What rights do the trustees of a charity have to see information relating to their charity?
Charities and Elections: Guidance Update (January 2010)
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