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Signing filed accounts with the Charity Commission

The Charity Commission has recently clarified a requirement for charities filing their annual accounts and reports with them.

Annual accounts and reports of charities with income above £25,000 are published on the Charity Commission website. As this is public document it has been suggested that there is a high risk of identity theft when a personal signature of an individual appears on a public document. To overcome this, some Charities have adopted an alternative signature procedure when signing public documents in order to limit risk.

However, The Charity Commission no longer requires signatures on copies of annual reports and accounts that are filed with them.

 

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