Charity regulation

This page provides background information about our approach to charity regulation and registration.  If you need advice or documents to help your parish in this area, please visit the Charity Registration, Governance & Trusteeship section of Parish Resources.

Church of Ireland bodies, including local trustees of parish assets, may find they have questions relating to the registration process or other aspects of charity status. These may be directed to [email protected]

Some additional useful information can be found via the following links:

• Advice on tax effective giving
• Response to consultation on demonstrating public benefit (NI) (2009)
• Response to draft accounting and reporting regulations consultation (RI) (2016)

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
www.charitycommissionni.org.uk

Charities Regulator (Republic of Ireland)
www.charitiesregulator.ie

Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
www.nicva.org

Charity Commission for England and Wales
www.gov.uk/charity–commission

Data Developments (accounting software suppliers for churches and charities)
www.datadevelopments.co.uk

Omega Church (church management software by GCD Technologies Ltd)
www.omegachurch.co.uk