The Charity Commission has launched a three-month consultation on updated guidance for reporting serious incidents. 

Draft revised guidance has now been published on the Commission’s website and lists the most common types of incidents. 

It has included new checklists and a table or examples to help trustees understand when to report something to the Commission, or to the police or another regulator.

Michelle Russell, director of investigations, monitoring and enforcement, said: “We welcome comments from across the charity sector and a range of stakeholders on the proposed updates to the guidance. 

“We hope that that this improved guidance will raise awareness of the need to report serious incidents and help trustees identify how and when to make a report to the Commission. Our advice is - if in doubt, report it and take steps to prevent problems happening again.”

Serious incident reports can be made via a dedicated email address: [email protected]

Responses to the consultation can be be made by email to [email protected]

The closing date for responses to the consultation is 5pm on 12 January 2017.