Welcome to the Register of Charities

What’s in the Register?

The Register records details of organisations that:

• have been recognised as charitable in law;
• hold most of their assets in England and/or Wales;
• have all or the majority of their trustees normally resident in England and/or Wales, or
• are companies incorporated in England or Wales.

The online Register provides a range of key facts and figures about the work and finances of each charity. It displays details of those responsible for taking forward the charity’s work (trustees) and records whether they have complied with their reporting and accounting responsibilities.The entries for larger charities with income in excess of £500,000 include a financial profile.

The Register is maintained from information provided by charities in their Annual Return or Update.

Other information

Charities are diverse in their aims, activities and funding profiles and they operate throughout the world. Some are large and complex. Additional information about their work can be accessed from the Register using links to annual reports and accounts, charity websites and for charities with income over £1,000,000, their narrative summary, SIR.

Some charities which are very small or for which the Charity Commission is not the main regulator, are currently excluded from the need to register. For further information on charities that do not appear on the Register see how to register a charity.