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- How to Set Up a CIO in England and Wales: Complete GuideSetting up a Charitable Incorporated Organisation can give your charity its own legal identity and help protect trustees from personal liability—but registration is not simply a matter of completing an online form. Before you set up a CIO, you must… Read More ›
- Filing CIC Accounts Online? Read This Before You Click SubmitYou have finally got the figures together. Your CIC accounts look finished. Your Companies House deadline is getting closer, and the Submit button is sitting in front of you. It is tempting to click it and move on. Don’t —… Read More ›
- Community Interest Company Formation and Registration: A Practical UK GuideYou may have the social purpose, the people you want to help and even a plan for generating income. But once you start looking at Community Interest Company formation, the questions quickly multiply. Should your CIC be limited by guarantee… Read More ›
- How to Start a Charity in the UK: The Ultimate Step-by-Step GuideStarting a charity often begins with something very personal: you have seen a problem in your community and want to do something meaningful about it. Then come the questions. Do you need to register a charity? Should you set up… Read More ›
- How to File CIC Accounts Properly Before Companies House Takes ActionThere is a dangerous moment in CIC compliance that catches many first-time directors out. The accounts are not quite ready. The deadline is getting closer. There are a few unexplained bank transactions, perhaps a grant agreement you still need to… Read More ›
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Charity Registration
Start a charity or CIO: registration, trustees and the documents you need.
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CIC formation, CIC36, community benefit and incorporation requirements.
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Charity accounts, trustees’ reports, annual returns and independent examination.
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Annual accounts, CIC34 reports, Corporation Tax and filing deadlines.
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Clear records, practical bookkeeping and your VAT responsibilities.
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PAYE, director salaries, workplace pensions and employer reporting.
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Funding opportunities and guidance for your community organisation.
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Director and trustee responsibilities, asset locks and regulatory requirements.
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