Charity deadlines calendar

The UK charity year: deadlines calendar — free CharityIQ tool. This calendar puts the UK charity year on one page — your filing deadlines, Gift Aid windows, key tax dates and the sector's fixed events — so…

This calendar puts the UK charity year on one page — your filing deadlines, Gift Aid windows, key tax dates and the sector’s fixed events — so nothing important slips. Enter your financial year-end and the tool works out your personal filing dates; you can download it as a calendar file or a printable PDF.

How to use it

  1. Enter your charity’s financial year-end date.
  2. Select your structure (a charitable company also has Companies House deadlines).
  3. See your personal deadlines alongside the fixed sector dates.
  4. Download the calendar (.ics) to add it to your calendar app, or the printable PDF for the noticeboard.

The dates it uses, and their sources

  • Annual return (Charity Commission, E&W): within 10 months of financial year-end.
  • Accounts and Trustees’ Annual Report (Charity Commission): filed with the annual return, within 10 months of year-end (for those required to file them).
  • Company accounts (Companies House), charitable companies: within 9 months of year-end.
  • Gift Aid claims (HMRC): within 4 years of the end of the financial period the donation was received in.
  • VAT (if registered): registration threshold £90,000 rolling 12-month taxable turnover; VAT returns and payments usually quarterly.
  • Trustees’ Week: 9–13 November 2026.
  • GivingTuesday: 1 December 2026.
  • Major recurring funder deadlines: pulled from the /funders/ directory.

Sources: gov.uk / Charity Commission (annual return); Companies House (company accounts); HMRC (Gift Aid time limit; VAT threshold); Trustees’ Week and GivingTuesday organisers. Verified 10 July 2026; Scotland (OSCR) and Northern Ireland (CCNI) filing dates differ.

How to read your result

This is guidance, not advice. Filing deadlines depend on your exact year-end and structure, and Scotland and Northern Ireland differ from England and Wales — confirm your own dates on the regulator’s site. Fixed sector dates can change year to year, so re-check annually. Funder deadlines must always be verified on the funder’s own page.

CharityIQ can keep your deadlines and funder dates in one place and remind you before each — grounded in your year-end and the funders you follow.