Charities Act 2022
What this means for your business
- Enforced by
- Charity Commission
- Applies to
- United Kingdom
- On this page
- 2 practical guides
Practical guidance
Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.
Understand your duties as a charity trustee
The six key duties every charity trustee must follow, with guidance on eligibility, conflicts of interest, liability, and remuneration rules …
Register a charity with the Charity Commission
How to register your charity in England and Wales, including income thresholds, charitable purposes requirements, and the registration process.
Sections and provisions
43 classified provisions from this legislation.
Powers 10
- s.4 Power to amend Royal charter
- s.6 Cy-près powers
- s.7 Proceeds of fund-raising: power of charity trustees to apply cy-près
- s.15 Small ex gratia payments
- s.26 Power to delay registration of unsuitably named charity
- s.27 Power to delay entry of unsuitable name in register
- s.28 Power to direct change of name of exempt charity
- s.31 Remuneration etc of charity trustees etc
- s.36 Costs incurred in relation to Tribunal proceedings etc
- s.39 “Connected person”: power to amend