CTG Membership

CTG helps shape the UK’s charity tax system by working with senior officials at HMRC and HM Treasury through regular meetings and contributing to technical working groups. We raise and provide practical solutions to real‑world challenges and influence how policy is developed.

We also work with Ministers, Shadow Ministers and MPs across the political spectrum to champion the tax and regulatory changes that matter most to charities. In particular we, highlight tax inequalities and complexities so that we can help organisations keep more of their resources. As a CTG member, your organisation has a meaningful voice in the decisions that matter.

Charity Members receive clear, accessible newsletters and bulletins that make sense of the latest tax developments and policy changes, turning complex updates into practical guidance your team can act on with confidence. Alongside this, CTG’s website offers an easy‑to‑navigate library of specialist accessible tax guidance, giving you a reliable place to find answers whenever you need them. All of this helps your organisation stay compliant, avoid unexpected costs and make informed decisions with confidence.

CTG provides a rich programme of events designed to help charity members stay ahead of tax developments and share practical experience with peers. These sessions create space to learn, exchange insights and hear first‑hand updates from CTG’s engagement with HMRC and government. Our offer includes:

• Gift Aid, VAT, and Customs Duty working groups, offering practical forums where members can discuss real‑world challenges and help shape CTG’s policy positions.
• Topical seminars, often involving HMRC input, providing timely updates on emerging issues and technical changes affecting the sector.
• Expert Insight events, covering Gift Aid, business rates, VAT, payroll giving, employment taxes and more, helping charities build confidence and capability across all areas of taxation.
• Training events on specific charity tax topics delivered by sector experts particularly aimed at those new to the sector or wanting to cement their knowledge.
• The Annual Tax Conference, featuring senior HMRC policy and compliance teams and leading charity tax experts, giving members direct exposure to the latest thinking and policy signals.

These events ensure charity members can access the latest intelligence, connect with specialists and peers, develop their knowledge, and feed their insights into CTG’s influencing work.

CTG offers charity members dependable, easy‑to‑access support through its online helpline, giving finance, fundraising and governance teams somewhere trusted to turn when tax questions arise. The helpline provides quick signposting to the right information, from relevant guidance to trusted expertise and specialist insight, ensuring charities can navigate complexity with confidence.

CTG holds regular engagement with senior charity policy and operations teams at HMRC and HM Treasury to discuss emerging issues and proposed policy changes. Through this work, CTG gains early insight into forthcoming tax developments and is frequently asked by HMRC to support the dissemination of updates across the charity sector. Observer Members can contribute to CTG’s positions on priority charity tax issues and may, where relevant, participate in CTG’s discussions with HMRC and HM Treasury. This provides Observer Members with the opportunity to help shape national policy and guidance affecting the wider charity sector.

Observer Members receive regular newsletters and bulletins outlining tax developments, challenges and issues facing the sector, and are invited to contribute commentaries on topical issues.

All Observer Members are leading experts in charity tax. Being part of this group connects you with peers who specialise in areas such as VAT, Gift Aid, corporate tax, employment tax, and more.

CTG hosts regular Observer Member meetings, providing a vibrant forum for sharing best practice, exchanging market intelligence, hear updates from CTG’s discussions with HMRC and helping shape CTG’s policy representations. These meetings are held virtually, ensuring broad, convenient participation.

Observer Members can connect with charity clients through a range of opportunities including but not limited to hosting in person and virtual CTG member meetings, listing on our website, which are widely attended by a cross section of charities from across the sector, and attending and presenting at our Annual Charity Tax Conference.

Observer Members help provide expert tax guidance across the CTG website and in CTG’s regular briefings, increasing visibility within the sector and demonstrating technical leadership.

Observer Members benefit from CTG’s wider ecosystem, including Expert Insight Sessions, our Annual Charity Tax Conference and excellent value CPD training by sector experts to upskill staff at all levels.