Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
257 Lough Road
BT66 6NQ
United Kingdom

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is the independent regulator of charities in Northern Ireland, responsible for ensuring Northern Ireland has a dynamic and well governed charities sector in which the public can have confidence.

Our aims

  • Public confidence: To increase public trust and confidence in charities.
  • Public benefit: To promote awareness and understanding of the operation of the public benefit requirement.
  • Compliance: To promote compliance by charity trustees with their legal obligations in exercising control and management of the administration of their charities.
  • Charitable resources: To promote the effective use of charitable resources.
  • Accountability: To enhance the accountability of charities to donors, beneficiaries and the public.
  • Delivery: To manage the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland as an effective and efficient non departmental public body.

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's Content

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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is creating a list of trustees and a list of interim managers, who can be called on to provide assistance in a charity either on a short or long term basis – and is looking for interested parties to apply.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

The safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of harm are one of the issues which the people of Northern Ireland are concerned about, according to new research.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Have your say - consultation on changes to the Annual Return Regulations 2019 and the charity registration application.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Charity bank statements, instructions on how to play Bridge and a grant application are just some of the unexpected information submitted to Northern Ireland’s charity regulator under the annual reporting programme, it has been revealed.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Applicants for charity registration will have 30 days in which to submit their online application, under new rules from the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Hear from one of Northern Ireland’s leading PR experts on how to protect the reputation of your charity in the event of a crisis, at the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland’s annual public meeting 2018.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Members of the public are invited to attend the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's annual public meeting 2018, which will be held on Monday 15 October 2018, from 9.10am to noon, at the Linen Suite, Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is to take part in a live annual reporting Twitter Q&A, from noon to 1pm, on Thursday, 14 June 2018. Hosted via @CharityCommNI, you can take part using #charityreporting.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Over 350 charities that work overseas to provide services to children and/or vulnerable adults have been invited by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland to an Essential safeguarding good practice seminar.
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has updated its list of charities which have been in default of their annual reporting duties for more than six months.

More Information

Type of Organisation

VCSE

Team

  • Shirley Kernan
  • Sinead Glackin