The Commission registers a huge variety of different charities, of all sizes and descriptions. However, this week the Commission has reached a rare milestone and registered an entirely new type of charity: the first Charitable Authorised Investment Fund.
I am delighted that the charity sector’s governance code is now in its 12th year and its 3rd edition. The Commission has supported and endorsed the code since its inception. The latest edition has raised the bar in response to …
The results of our 2017 Trust and Confidence in the Charity Commission survey are good news for the Commission. Against a backdrop of falling trust in institutions of all kinds, public trust in the Commission has held steady since 2015 …
Our statement of regulatory approach is an important strategic document that sets out how the Commission approaches its work and how we will fulfil our role under the Charities Act. We publish the statement on our website so that trustees, …
Today is Local Charities Day, an initiative launched by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to help small, local charities and community groups thrive and demonstrate the great work they do.
Last month we published our 2015-16 Annual Report. Today I want to tell you about what we will be doing this year to achieve our strategic plan.
It is estimated by the Muslim Charities Forum that British Muslims gave approximately £100 million to charitable causes during the month of Ramadan this year. To give some context, that equates to approximately £38 a second.
There’s no way to sugar-coat this: the public trust in charities has fallen. Today we’ve published the latest research in our series tracking public trust and confidence in charities since 2005. It shows public trust and confidence in charities has …
Today we published our updated fundraising guidance, CC20. Much has been said in the media and in Parliament about some of the issues uncovered over the last year but now is not the time to revisit or rehash them. Now, …
The Cabinet Office published a timetable today that explains when the different sections of the new Charities Act are going to take effect.
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