Charity Trustees

Compliance with legal and other requirements applying to charities

These document templates are designed to assist charity trustees to meet their various legal duties and obligations under charity and other applicable laws.

It is recommended that all individuals who are already trustees, or who are to be appointed as trustees, of any charity read the guidance note about those duties and obligations for an introduction to the subject.

Conflicts of interest

There may be an actual or potential conflict between a trustee’s interests and those of the charity. Since the Charity Commission recommends that charities adopt a conflict of interest policy,  a version of a conflict of interest policy template for CIOs and a version for charitable companies limited by guarantee are included under Policies for Charities.

Trustee code of conduct

It is not a legal requirement to have a trustee code of conduct, but it can be useful to provide trustees with clear guidelines as to the standards of behaviour and good practice expected of them. A trustee code has therefore been included in this group. The trustees can formally adopt it by means of a resolution passed at a meeting of the trustees; a form of resolution can be found in Charity Governance. 

Registers

Several forms of register and letter, to meet compliance requirements and/or to aid administration, are included.

ID Verification under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023) 

A collection of templates is included specifically to assist in meeting trustee ID verification compliance requirements.

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