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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.