IEIM404760 - Charities: Debt or equity interests in a company You should check the other guidance available on GOV.UK from HMRC as Brexit updates to those pages are being prioritised before manuals. IEIM404760: Charities: Debt or Equity Interest in a Company Some charities are set up as companies, for these entities the debt and equity interests are different from those of trusts and similar structures. In this context companies includes all types of bodies corporate, including companies incorporated under Royal Charter, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) and Scottish charitabl...