Hi everyone 👋 My name is Jess, and I’m in the early stages of developing a charity platform that connects ocean conservation charities with businesses through CSR initiatives. The goal is to increas...
Hi All Hope all are well. Quick question: As an unincorporated charity organisation if you failed to register on the charity commission site and application rejected, do you need to declare this to H...
I am trying to open a stray dog kennel and have been told I cannot get an animal activities licence. Even though I will be getting paid to board them for seven days, and some may be returned to their...
Hi, I work for a CIO which has its area of operations (activities) in the England and Wales. We intend to extend our operations to other countries in EU and Asia. I want to know: 1. What changes in t...
I have been asked to help set up a local small charity that will raise around £20k per year through selling and fundraising etc so it is very small and the trustees are all family members, not open t...
Good evening, as a non profit charity I want to find out how do you get paid as a worker for the charity. I'm looking to go full time with the charity that i started so I am just wondering how do I...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Charity registration as CIO unsuccessful after charity (an unincorporated association) received more than £5,000 inco...
Hi all, Does anyone know of an organisation/charity, that helps set up other charities/can help with setting up financial structures and budgets etc? Thanks
Hi all, Im after some insight and advice about the above.We've been trying to recruit some new members of our Trustee Board. I've just been told by someone, with good experience, that the Secretary...
Hi I'm Timothy from Garden Friend (improving mental and physical wellbeing through gardening). As a complete newbie can anyone share or know where I can get an example of a constitution document for...
Our application for CIO status has been denied The objection seems to be the charities reliance on 3rd parties that are not charities to provide many of the services. On the ground provision for the...
I am starting an Unincorporated association (non-profit charity) initially with 3 trustees. I am the founder/trustee, and I will be working full-time when fully operational. I believe I can earn a sa...
We are currently providing supported living to people with Mental health and special needs. We have struggled to access housing benefits as we are not social housing registered provider. We need help...
Good afternoon I'm finding the charity commission guidance on whether/when to register difficult to parse. It seems to suggest that instead of registering as a charity you can choose various other o...
Hi all, I founded a charity back in 2018 and until recently we've been entirely volunteer run. We've now got our first staff member on a freelance basis which is great, and they report into me. As t...
Hello, I run music courses for children for free and have started doing this as a sole trader being funded by a local charity to run the first course. I have now had interest from a particular funder...
Hi A specific question: We're about to start the process of applying to the Charities Commission to recognise us as a CIO. We've got Articles of Association prepared, based on the model ones. Am I ri...
Hi all, we're in the process of setting up an educational charity and while we've followed the guidance from the commission. However, we're unsure as to whether there needs to be a specific paragraph...
I'm opening a new charity I have completed a research project to determine that there is a desperate need for this service. I'm looking for advice around how I can pay wages. One member is on the com...
Hello All Further to my question from 2 days ago I have further query, I have received some great answers but if anyone can help I would appreciate it. I want to set up a charity that will link to a...
Hello all I am aware I asked a similar question previously, and I had some great answers but I am still not sure how to structure how the business can be compensated: the business we have jointly set...
Hey everyone, Hope you are all good. I have recently started an events company that champions independent artists and raise money for different charities at each gig we host! We have been running fo...
We have an existing NGO in Africa but would like to register a branch in the UK. How do I go about doing that? Any help would be appreciated.
Good evening, We are converting into a CIO structure and would greatly appreciate a thorough step-by-step and advice if possible. We are new to the charity business and openly accept help and advice....
We are about to start the process of converting from a CIC to a CIO and I wondered if anybody out there with experience would be able to have a look over our documents before we submit them? I know...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have been running a charity organisation with my wife which has been personally funded for the past 4 years. Our pr...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We, a group of ladies run a very small charity but are still waiting for our charity number to be issued. We need hel...
Hi everyone, I am in the process of trying to register a charity, but finding it particularly difficult to recruit a board of trustees. I am currently volunteer CEO and we have a volunteer Leadership...
Hi everyone, I am starting a charity and want to make sure I set it up with the right structure to ensure at some point I am able to take a small salary. Can I make myself the CEO from the start? An...
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