Learn about what full cost recovery means and what the limitations are
Guidance on types of tax reporting and when and how to use them
How to prepare annual accounts and a Trustees’ Annual Report and make them available on request
Creating financial information that helps managers and trustees
What to consider when deciding on investments
Help and guidance around tax and trading laws and procedures for your organisation
Charities are usually exempt from paying corporation or income tax, but there are some situations where you might become liable
When do charities need to consider VAT and what are the exemptions?
How to trade as a charity, and what the risks are
Charities are allowed to trade under certain circumstances, but if you've decided to develop a trading activity which is not allowed, you'll need to establish a trading subsidiary. Here's how.
We launched a new campaign in the summer of 2023 to help trustees and charity leaders consider the environmental impact of their charities’ investments
Resources, events, support and information on the big issues affecting small charities
Our chief executive Sarah Vibert celebrates the start of Trustees' Week and shares our plans
Our policy and public affairs manager, Chris Walker, summarises the announcements from the King's Speech likely to impact our sector
Explore why diversity is a key area of reflection for your trustee board and what needs to happen to make a board truly diverse
Read our open letter calling on the chancellor to ensure charities can continue providing essential services for communities
Why the government must act to cover the true cost of charities delivering public services
An update on what's happening in Westminster. Find out what the King’s Speech and government reshuffle means for charities
The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary
Lessons from Trustees’ Week 2023 and upcoming dates for your diary
Use this page to help you work out if your website needs replacing and how to go about doing it
Use this page for information on building your own website or getting someone to help.
Understand eLearning and decide if you need a learning management system
How to move your charity, organisation or community group's face-to-face training online
Find out about guides to digital safeguarding and how to keep people safe in everything you do online
Understand how your organisation can use these approaches and where to learn more
Key highlights from the Charity Commission's guidance on social media for charities.
How to better include the people you work with and for in your organisation's digital work
Find out if you're doing everything you should be to make sure your websites and digital services are accessible