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Create your charity's workspace
Go to charitycontrol.org/signup, enter your name, email and charity number, then click the confirmation link we email you. We pre-fill your trustees and filing deadlines from the Charity Commission register. If your charity's income is £100,000 or less, it's free with no card and no time limit.
Create your workspace
- Go to charitycontrol.org/signup. If you've just finished the free Charity Control Check, click Create my workspace on your results page instead and they carry over.
- Enter your name and email. Your email becomes your sign-in, so use one you check often.
- Choose your role, for example Chair or Treasurer.
- Enter your charity's name and, if you have it, your charity number. The number is optional but worth adding: we use it to pre-fill your workspace from the public register and to check whether you qualify for the free plan.
- Say whether you're a trustee at the charity or an advisor setting it up for one.
- Click Email me a confirmation link.
- Open the email called Confirm your CharityControl workspace and click Create my workspace. The link lasts 24 hours.
- A page shows your workspace's new address, for example meadowbank-animal-rescue.charitycontrol.co.uk. Click Create my workspace to finish.
What we pre-fill from the register
When you give a charity number, we copy in what the Charity Commission already publishes: your trustees (marked for you to confirm), your website, your financial year end and your charitable objects. If an annual return is due, it appears in your compliance calendar as a real deadline on day one. If the register shows a return already overdue, we flag it so you can put it right straight away.
Common questions
Does signing up cost anything? No. We never ask for a card at signup. If your charity's latest income on the register is £100,000 or less, CharityControl stays free. See what the free plan includes.
Will anyone at my charity be told? No. Creating a workspace tells nobody. You choose who to invite, and when.
What if my charity already has a workspace? Each charity number can only have one. If yours exists, you'll be offered a request-access form instead, and whoever runs the workspace can approve you.
The governance behind this: our free guide on charitycontrol.org explains the why in plain English.