The Charities Act 2011 (c. 25) is a UK act of Parliament. It consolidated the bulk of the Charities Act 2006, outstanding provisions of the Charities Act 1993, and various other enactments.^[1]

Legislation repealed in its entirety by the 2011 Act included

• the Recreational Charities Act 1958,
• Charities Act 1993,
• Charities (Amendment) Act 1995,
• Charities Act 1993 (Substitution of Sums) Order 1995,
• Charities Act 2006 (Charitable Companies Audit and Group Accounts Provisions) Order 2008, and
• Charities (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2011.

Amendments were made to other legislation.^[2] It replaced most of the Charities Act 1992 and Charities Act 2006.^[3]

Section 145(1)(a) allowed for charities' financial accounts to be independently examined where a full audit is not required. An "independent examiner" is a person not connected to the charity who is "reasonably believed by the trustees to have the requisite ability and practical experience to carry out a competent examination of the accounts".^[4]

Additional provisions were added by the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 granting a "general power" to charities to make "social investments", that is actions undertaken both to further the organisation's charitable aims and to make a financial surplus. In this context a charity's actions do not need to be financial "investments" as the term would generally be understood.^[5]

• English trust law
• Charitable trusts in English law