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Find out about charitable trusts and the Charitable Trusts Register, how to set up an online services account, and where to start when incorporating a charitable trust board.
- Changes to the Incorporated Societies Act affect some trust boards
- About charitable trusts
- Your responsibilities
- How to use our services
- Uploading documents to the register
- Setting up your online services account
- Using the online dashboard
- Confirming your authority to manage information
Searching the register for information about charitable trust boards and their status.
To incorporate a charitable trust board you must submit an application, along with the required documents. There is no registration fee.
Once you've registered your charitable trust board, you're required by law to keep certain information about it up to date.
There are two ways to end a charitable trust board. If the board is no longer operating, it can apply to be dissolved. If it is unable to pay its debts, it can be placed in liquidation.
A trust board that has been removed from the Charitable Trusts Register can apply to us to be restored.
Your online services account allows you to update and manage personal and organisation account details from your online dashboard.
Find the forms you'll need to register your charitable trust board or keep its details up to date. Please note: there are no fees for registering or maintaining a charitable trust board.
