Registered charities must keep their details on the register up to date and ensure they send the right financial and other information to the commission in their annual return or annual update.įind out more about your governing document and the law. You should take reasonable steps to find out about legal requirements, for example by reading relevant guidance or taking appropriate advice when you need to. comply with charity law requirements and other laws that apply to your charity.make sure that the charity complies with its governing document.Comply with your charity’s governing document and the law The essential trustee - purposes and public benefit 2. Spending charity funds on the wrong purposes is a very serious matter in some cases trustees may have to reimburse the charity personally. understand how the charity benefits the public by carrying out its purposes.be able to explain how all of the charity’s activities are intended to further or support its purposes.plan what your charity will do, and what you want it to achieve.ensure you understand the charity’s purposes as set out in its governing document.You and your co-trustees must make sure that the charity is carrying out the purposes for which it is set up, and no other purpose. Ensure your charity is carrying out its purposes for the public benefit The essential trustee - who can be a trustee Trustees’ 6 main duties 1. There are further restrictions for charities that work with children or adults at risk. You can read the automatic disqualification guidance for charities which explains the disqualification rules in more detail. having an unspent conviction for certain offences (including any that involve dishonesty or deception).being bankrupt or having an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA).The reasons for disqualification are shown in the disqualifying reasons table and include: You must not act as a trustee if you are disqualified unless authorised to do so by a waiver from the Commission. You must be properly appointed following the procedures and any restrictions in the charity’s governing document. You must be at least 16 years old to be a trustee of a charity that is a company or a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), or at least 18 to be a trustee of any other sort of charity. Before you start - make sure you are eligible Most trustees don’t get paid for their role, but you can claim reasonable expenses as a trustee - see Payments to trustees: what the rules are.
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