Access our guidance to help you decide if you should set up a new charity, voluntary organisation or community group
What you need to consider when choosing your legal structure and the main characteristics of different legal structures
Find out what charity status is and if you need to register as a charity
Find out about social enterprises and their associated legal structures
Find out what information should be included in your charity's governing document
Guidance and tools to help you run your charity or voluntary organisation
Practical guidance to help you recruit, manage and develop paid members of staff, including a useful introduction to employment law
Familiarise yourself with the essential aspects of employing paid members of staff
Understand your core legal responsibilities to your employees
A short summary of your general legal obligations to paid members of staff
A review of the voluntary sector's operating environment.
All trustees must take responsibility for decisions that benefit their charity
All trustees are responsible for shaping the culture of their board and charity
Trustees must make sure their charity’s money is safe and used properly
Trustees should think carefully about how to secure income for their charity
Seven steps to help trustees manage risk in their charity
Trustees need to make sure their charity follows employment law and has clear volunteer management processes
Guidance on Charity Commission, Companies House and serious incident reporting
Trustees should help oversee and develop their charity’s strategy
Guidance on how to find and welcome new charity trustees
Learn about the reasons to remove a trustee and the process to go through