Everything here is free, written for UK charities, and kept in step with Charity Commission guidance. Use it with or without The Committee Room.
Download, adapt, and use forever. No sign-up wall — every download is a direct link.
A Charity Commission–friendly minutes layout with decision and action logs built in — plus a one-page guide to what minutes must (and needn't) record.
The 90-minute agenda that ends on time: consent items grouped, decisions upfront, AOB tamed. With chairing notes in the margins.
Which policies your charity actually needs, which are optional, and how often to review each — as a ready-made three-year rolling schedule.
Every recurring deadline a charity board faces — annual return, policy reviews, trustee terms — pre-loaded with a days-until-due countdown and a year-end deadline calculator.
A rolling decision log and action log with owners, due dates and an automatic overdue counter — the follow-up system that makes minutes actually happen.
A welcome letter, first-90-days checklist and reading list — because so many charities give new trustees no induction at all.
The questions every board asks, answered without legalese. Reviewed against current Charity Commission guidance.
Annual returns, quorum, conflicts, trustee pay, AGMs, reserves — the questions every board asks, answered in plain English and checked against Commission guidance.
CC3 without the fog: what each duty means on an ordinary Tuesday, with examples of getting it right and wrong.
What the Charity Commission asks, what changes at £10k, £25k and £250k income, and the dates that actually matter for your year end.
Retention rules for minutes, accounts, safeguarding records and HR papers — with a one-page retention schedule to adopt.
Three regulators, three Acts, real differences. Who you answer to, the cross-border trap, and what changes in 2026 — England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland compared.
79% of boards in NCVO’s survey have a vacancy. What works beyond word of mouth: role descriptions people answer, and where to post them free.
In-depth governance guides written by a chartered governance professional — download, print, or share with your board. No sign-up.
What minutes are really for, why they’re not a transcript, and how to capture decisions and actions so anyone who wasn’t in the room understands them.
The proportionate core set — safeguarding, financial controls, conflicts, data protection and the rest — with what’s legally required and where to start.
Incorporated or not? The four main structures compared — liability, regulators and admin — and what should tip the balance for a new charity.
From first idea to up and running in England & Wales — trustees, purposes, structure, governing document, bank account, and registering with the Commission and HMRC.
Both a legal requirement and your best story to funders. What it must contain, the public benefit statement, and how to make it more than a compliance exercise.
Small, useful, and honest about what they are: a taste of what The Committee Room does automatically.
Enter your charity number and get your annual return and accounts deadlines from the public register — with optional email reminders.
Ten questions scored against the 2025 Charity Governance Code, with a personalised report emailed to you. Coming soon.
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