Setting up a Charity: Miscellaneous
Setting up a Charity: Miscellaneous
- Guidance Note: Is it necessary or appropriate to set up a charity?
- Guidance Note: Setting up a new charity
- Guidance Note: What Makes an Organisation a Charity in Law?
- Charitable Company Formation Checklist
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Formation Checklist
- Unincorporated Charitable Association (UCA) Formation Checklist
- Charitable Trust (CT) Formation Checklist
- Guidance Note: Adapted versions of Charity Commission Model CIO Constitutions
- Guidance Notes - Charitable Incorporated Organisations
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Frequently Asked Questions
Should I actually set up a charity, or is there a better way to do what I want?
Set up a charity only if your aims are exclusively charitable and for the public benefit and a charity is the best way to achieve them. A charity brings duties, regulation and restrictions on how funds are used, so a community group, social enterprise or company may suit better for some aims. Simply-Docs has guidance notes on whether it is necessary or appropriate to set up a charity, and on what makes an organisation a charity in law.
How do I know if what I am setting up counts as a charity in law?
It must have only charitable purposes, all of which fall within the descriptions of charitable purposes in the Charities Act 2011, and it must be for the public benefit. If any purpose is not charitable, the organisation is not a charity. The thirteen descriptions include things like education, poverty relief and health. Simply-Docs has a guidance note on what makes an organisation a charity in law to help you test your purposes.
Which formation checklist do I need for the structure I have chosen?
Use the checklist that matches your structure: a Charitable Company Formation Checklist, a CIO Formation Checklist, an Unincorporated Charitable Association Formation Checklist or a Charitable Trust Formation Checklist. Each walks you through the information and decisions the Charity Commission and, for a company, Companies House will expect. Simply-Docs provides all four, alongside the model constitutions.