Charity Governance Code

This Code is a practical tool to help charities and their trustees develop high standards of governance.

Good governance

Good governance is fundamental to a charity’s success. It enables and supports a charity’s compliance with the law and relevant regulations. It also promotes a culture in which everything works towards fulfilling the charity’s vision.

About this Code

This Code is a practical tool to help charities and their trustees develop high standards of governance. Read more about this Codeusing this Code to review governance and extra advice from our steering group partners.

The Code refresh

The Code steering group refreshed the Code at the end of 2020. Visit the Updating the Code page to learn about the changes.

1. Purpose
1. Purpose
2. Leadership
3. Integrity
4. Decision-making
5. Board effectiveness
6. Equality, diversity and inclusion
7. Openness
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