The Right Governing Document
You must create a ‘governing document’ (or ‘rulebook’) for your charity that explains how your charity is run.
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How To Write Your Charity's Governing Document
A governing document defines your charitable purposes and the rules of how your charity is run like how trustees are appointed, how to give notice of meetings and how to wind-up (close) the charity.
The Charity Commission have created several model governing documents.
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