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Guidance

Public benefit: reporting (PB3)

How to report on your charity's public benefit.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Public benefit: reporting

Public benefit: reporting

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Details

This guidance explains why and how charity trustees must report on how they have carried out their charity’s purposes for the public benefit. It includes:

  • what to put in the trustees’ annual report
  • how reporting on public benefit can help your charity’s impact
  • examples showing how to report on public benefit

All charity trustees must have regard to this guidance.

Updates to this page

Published 16 September 2013
Last updated 16 September 2026 — Show all updates
  1. Updated to reflect changes to our guidance on charity accounts.

  2. First published.

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2026-09-16 08:00
Updated to reflect changes to our guidance on charity accounts.