The Baptist Union of Great Britain : Charities

Guideline Leaflet C18: Church Complaints Policy and Procedure

Churches are not immune from challenge or complaints. A church charity should seek to be open, transparent and accountable in its ministry and activities

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Guideline Leaflet C17: Serious Incident Reporting

If a serious incident occurs in your church, you need to report it to the Charity Commission. This leaflet explains what a 'serious' incident is, how to report it, and the further action that you need to take

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Guideline Leaflet C13: Writing Minutes

A guide for all those in Baptist churches who have the job of writing minutes - for example for Church and Trustee Meetings

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Guideline Leaflet C16: Conflicts of Interest

Guidance for charity trustees who have a legal duty to act only in the best interests of their charity

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Guideline Leaflet C08: Registering as a CIO Online

Guidance on how churches register as a CIO with the Charity Commission

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Guideline Leaflet Index

Index for all Legal and Operations Team (BUC) Guideline leaflets

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Guideline Leaflet C22: Risk Assessment Template

The template referred to in our leaflet C21: Church Life Risk Assessment

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Guideline Leaflet C21: Church Life Risk Assessment

Guiding you through a process of identifying problems that might prevent a church achieving its charitable purpose

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Guideline Leaflet C20: Help We’re a Small Church

Reviewing things that all churches need to do and ways in which things could be done differently in smaller churches

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Guideline Leaflet C15: Help I’m a Charity Trustee

Information about the role as the trustee of a charity for the Minister, Treasurer, Secretary, Deacons and Elders (if any) who are usually the charity trustees

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Guideline Leaflet C14: Church Handbook (optional extra)

A suggested outline for a church handbook which might be helpful as a guide for new church members

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Guideline Leaflet C12: Using the Charitable Incorporated Organisation Precedent Document

A CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) is a new form of legal structure that is available to charities that want to incorporate

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Guideline Leaflet C11: Churches, Charities and Incorporation

Guidance on the advantages and the significant issues to consider when incorporating a church, or a church project

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Guideline Leaflet C10: Churches and Change of Name

Outlining issues that need to be considered and offering ideas about the process that a church could adopt in order to choose an appropriate name

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Guideline Leaflet C09: Registered Charities and Public Benefit

Explaining the public benefit requirement of the Charity Commission and outlining what registered charities have to do to show that they provide public benefit

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Guideline Leaflet C07: Registering as a Charity Online

Guidance on how churches should complete the online process to register with the Charity Commission

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Guideline Leaflet C06: Churches and Charity Registration

All Baptist churches are individual charities in their own right but not all churches have to register with the Charity Commission. This leaflet explains which churches have to register and offers further guidance.

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Guideline Leaflet C05: Using the Approved Governing Document

How to use the Approved Governing Document and understand the wording of many of the clauses

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Guideline Leaflet C04: Approved Governing Document

The Baptist Union has worked with the Charity Commission to agree a model constitution for Baptist churches - called the Approved Governing Document

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Guideline Leaflet C03: Church Constitutions

Background information about constitutions and offers advice on how to update your church’s own governing document

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Guideline Leaflet C02: Creating a New Church or Organisation

Understanding the different governance arrangements that a new church or organisation could choose to adopt, and questions that need to be considered in the early stages of setting it up

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Guideline Leaflet C01: Charity Legislation and Churches

The implications of charity law for all Baptist churches are explained in this leaflet - whether or not the church has registered as a charity with the Charity Commission.

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Resource Library Charities bookshelf

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Churches are not immune from challenge or complaints. A church charity should seek to be open, transparent and accountable in its ministry and activities

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C17: Serious Incident Reporting

If a serious incident occurs in your church, you need to report it to the Charity Commission. This leaflet explains what a 'serious' incident is, how to report it, and the further action that you need to take

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C13: Writing Minutes

A guide for all those in Baptist churches who have the job of writing minutes - for example for Church and Trustee Meetings

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C16: Conflicts of Interest

Guidance for charity trustees who have a legal duty to act only in the best interests of their charity

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C08: Registering as a CIO Online

Guidance on how churches register as a CIO with the Charity Commission

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Guideline Leaflet Index

Index for all Legal and Operations Team (BUC) Guideline leaflets

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C22: Risk Assessment Template

The template referred to in our leaflet C21: Church Life Risk Assessment

doc

Guideline Leaflet C21: Church Life Risk Assessment

Guiding you through a process of identifying problems that might prevent a church achieving its charitable purpose

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C20: Help We’re a Small Church

Reviewing things that all churches need to do and ways in which things could be done differently in smaller churches

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C15: Help I’m a Charity Trustee

Information about the role as the trustee of a charity for the Minister, Treasurer, Secretary, Deacons and Elders (if any) who are usually the charity trustees

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C14: Church Handbook (optional extra)

A suggested outline for a church handbook which might be helpful as a guide for new church members

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C12: Using the Charitable Incorporated Organisation Precedent Document

A CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) is a new form of legal structure that is available to charities that want to incorporate

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C11: Churches, Charities and Incorporation

Guidance on the advantages and the significant issues to consider when incorporating a church, or a church project

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C10: Churches and Change of Name

Outlining issues that need to be considered and offering ideas about the process that a church could adopt in order to choose an appropriate name

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C09: Registered Charities and Public Benefit

Explaining the public benefit requirement of the Charity Commission and outlining what registered charities have to do to show that they provide public benefit

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C07: Registering as a Charity Online

Guidance on how churches should complete the online process to register with the Charity Commission

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C06: Churches and Charity Registration

All Baptist churches are individual charities in their own right but not all churches have to register with the Charity Commission. This leaflet explains which churches have to register and offers further guidance.

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C05: Using the Approved Governing Document

How to use the Approved Governing Document and understand the wording of many of the clauses

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C04: Approved Governing Document

The Baptist Union has worked with the Charity Commission to agree a model constitution for Baptist churches - called the Approved Governing Document

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C03: Church Constitutions

Background information about constitutions and offers advice on how to update your church’s own governing document

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C02: Creating a New Church or Organisation

Understanding the different governance arrangements that a new church or organisation could choose to adopt, and questions that need to be considered in the early stages of setting it up

pdf

Guideline Leaflet C01: Charity Legislation and Churches

The implications of charity law for all Baptist churches are explained in this leaflet - whether or not the church has registered as a charity with the Charity Commission.

pdf

Resource Library Charities bookshelf

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