About
This Level 4 course provides an introduction to the legal and regulatory framework around charities in England and Wales. It gives an understanding of the legal basis of the charity, the role of regulators and how to fulfil your charitable purpose whilst adhering to legal and regulatory requirements.
Download the Charity Law and Governance syllabusStudy text
Please ask your course administrator for a copy of the study text
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Exam material
In the table below you will find:
- Exam paper - this is the paper that was set at the exam session
- Mark scheme - this is the document markers used to assess students' answers
- Examiner's report - this is the examiner's comment on the examination performance
- Student answers - for some sessions we can show examples of answers students wrote in the examination
- Pass Rates - These pass rates refer to exams from the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Associated Territories (all territories administered by the Chartered Governance Institute’s office in London).
| Exam session | Exam paper | Mark scheme | Examiner's report | Student answers |
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| June 2024 | View | |||
| June 2023 | View | View | View | |
| June 2022 | View | View | View | |
| June 2021 | View | View | View | |
| November 2020 | View | View | View | |
| November 2019 | View | View | View | |
| June 2019 | View | View | View | |
| November 2018 | View | View | View | Section C Section C |
| June 2018 | View | View | View | |
| November 2017 | View | View | View | Section C Section C |
| June 2017 | View | View | View | |
| November 2016 | View | View | Section B Section C |
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| June 2016 | View | View | ||
| Sample | Sample paper | Sample mark scheme | n/a |
Additional reading
The Charity Law and Governance guidance notes can be found here.
- Our guidance from 2017 includes 'Cultural Markers': Assessing, measuring and improving culture in the charitable sector.
- Additional reading on Charity Commission guidance
- Additional reading on disclosures: obligations
- Additional reading on excepted charities information
- Additional reading on the essential trustee
Webinar recordings
This section contains the recordings with all corresponding slides below. This section will be updated throughout the time the live course is running from September 2022.
The recordings for the 2021 cohort can be accessed here.