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Guidance for charities governed by Royal Charter, or seeking Charter status.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Guidance for charities governed by Royal Charter, or seeking Charter status. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- About this guidance
- Applications for a Royal Charter
- 1. Organisation wishes to apply for a Royal Charter and to register as a charity - it is currently not a registered charity
- Who to contact first
- Before applying
- What to provide
- What will happen
- Apply to the Charity Commission
- 2. Registered charity wishes to apply for a Royal Charter
- Who to contact first
- Before applying
- What to provide
- What will happen
- If the Charter is granted
- Amending your Royal Charter: Oxbridge Colleges
- Amending your Royal Charter: administrative changes
Source and licence
The Charity Commission
AttributionThe Charity Commission, ‘Royal Charter charities’ (updated 7 March 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026