Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland,
Marlborough House, Central Way,
Craigavon
BT64 1AD
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

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.
Deadline
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Over 1,100 Northern Ireland charities have less than three weeks to submit their annual return to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. The registered charities, which have financial years ending on 31 March 2017, must submit their return by 31 Jan
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has launched its latest guidance, Serious Incident reporting: a guide for charity trustees.
MoU signed by Fundraising Regulator and the Charity Commission
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

The Fundraising Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland have this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which provides a framework for a collaborative and close working relationship between the two bodies.  

Public consultation on charity Annual Monitoring Return 2018
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

Have your say on proposed changes to the charity Annual Monitoring Return 2018, as the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland launches its latest public consultation.

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Type of Organisation

VCSE

Team

  • Shirley Kernan