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The Charity Commission are asking for submissions to a consultation on their approach to annual returns, and a new set of questions they propose to ask in the annual return itself.
Registered charities in England and Wales with an annual income over £10,000 must complete an annual return of some form – so proposed changes may affect your group.
The annual return is an important tool in helping the Charity Commission understand, support and regulate the sector. It also provides transparency and helps build public trust in charities.
At the same time, it is probably the biggest administrative task involved with being a registered charity and can take up a lot of volunteer time for small charities.
Making Music will be submitting a response, and we encourage all groups affected to do the same so that you make sure you have your say.
The consultation is open now and closes on 1 September 2022.
Background to the consultation
