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The register of charities

Every charity in England and Wales, from the Charity Commission — including the ones that have been removed from it, which is the half an appeal quoting an old number depends on you not checking.

171,870
on the register
186,208
removed from it
31,583
are also companies
03235481 LIMITED removed 2018
Charity 1095809 · Charitable company · income £1,731
04 LIMITED removed 2010
Charity 1105397 · income £26
1000 ACRES FOR TREES
Charity 1124491 · Trust · income £600 · EX34 9AT
1000 ACRES UK
Charity 1188244 · CIO · CIO
1000 DEGREES removed 2019
Charity 1168557 · CIO · CIO · income £0
1001FONTAINES UK
Charity 1195738 · CIO · CIO · income £38,008 · N13 4BS
1008 TIRTHANKAR SHRI SHANTINATH JINALAYA DIGAMBAR JAIN HARROW TRUST LONDON UK
Charity 1218470 · CIO · CIO · HA1 1SE
100 AMBULANCES FOR UKRAINE
Charity 1205214 · CIO · CIO · income £5,713 · BN6 8QZ
100 BLACK MEN OF LONDON
Charity 1105904 · Charitable company · company 04200429 · income £198,218 · SE1 3GN
100 & FIRST FOUNDATION
Charity 1195945 · CIO · CIO · income £194,879 · HX5 0HG
100% Holy Spirit
Charity 1151553 · Charitable company · company 07972364 · income £41,290 · SE15 1EH
100 HOMES
Charity 1207163 · CIO · CIO · income £39,229 · NG6 8SU
100 SCHOOLS removed 2021
Charity 1159845 · Trust · income £129,753
100TH BOMB GROUP MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Charity 1190624 · CIO · CIO · income £71,264 · IP21 4PH
100TH DERBY (MACKWORTH METHODIST) SCOUT GROUP removed 2013
Charity 1099856 · Other · income £2,976
100TH LEICESTER BOY SCOUT GROUP removed 1993
Charity 521757
100TH MANCHESTER SEA SCOUT GROUP removed 2001
Charity 518521
100TH NOTTINGHAM (1ST NOTTS) SEA SCOUTS removed 2013
Charity 522456 · income £0
100TH STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE (CHELL) SCOUT GROUP removed 2004
Charity 1038587
10:10 TRUST removed 2016
Charity 1137030 · Charitable company · income £410,015
101 (CITY OF LONDON) ENGINEER REGIMENT (RICHMOND HILL) CHARITABLE TRUST
Charity 1113553 · Other · income £82,364 · SE6 2RH
101 PERCENT removed 2006
Charity 1087492
101 PLAYGROUP removed 2004
Charity 803462
101 PLAYGROUP removed 2017
Charity 1101406 · Charitable company · income £97,832
101ST BEDFORD SCOUT GROUP
Charity 300461 · Other · income £12,011 · MK42 8DY
102 ECUMENICAL CENTRE, KENDAL removed 2016
Charity 1068269 · Other · income £81
102ND LEICESTER (AYLESTONE ST ANDREW) SCOUT GROUP
Charity 522353 · Other · income £31,612 · LE2 8ND
102ND NOTTINGHAM (RISE PARK) SCOUT GROUP
Charity 508116 · Other · income £2,103 · NG6 9AN
103RD DERBY SCOUT GROUP
Charity 520631 · Trust · income £30,169 · DE73 6TH
103RD (PEN PARK) BRISTOL SCOUT GROUP removed 1993
Charity 302167
103RD READING (OXFORD ROAD) SCOUT GROUP
Charity 1152394 · Other · income £34,558 · RG30 4JT
105TH CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT SCOUT GROUP
Charity 524544 · Other · income £34,249 · ST9 0LG
105TH MANCHESTER SCOUT GROUP
Charity 1047666 · Other · income £9,300 · M9 6HL
105TH SHEFFIELD (HIGH GREEN) SCOUT GROUP
Charity 516163 · Other · income £557,234 · S35 3HY
1066 ARROW APPEALS removed 2010
Charity 1086636 · Other · income £2,000
1066 BATTLE OF STAMFORD BRIDGE HERITAGE SOCIETY
Charity 1218868 · CIO · CIO · YO411JW
1066 CHILDMINDING ASSOCIATION removed 2013
Charity 1029817 · Other · income £1,374
1066 CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE removed 2005
Charity 1049517
1066 GYMNASTICS
Charity 1148794 · Charitable company · company 07295093 · income £270,310 · TN40 2JP
1066 PIPES AND DRUMS HASTINGS HIGHLAND BAND removed 2012
Charity 1106850 · Other · income £9,777
1066 SOCIETY CHARITY
Charity 1165028 · CIO · CIO · income £0 · OX5 3DF
1066 SPECIALS
Charity 1118606 · Charitable company · company 05845829 · income £653 · TN40 1HE
'1067 TRUST FUND' removed 2016
Charity 294975 · Other · income £12
106TH LEICESTER SCOUT GROUP removed 1993
Charity 521758
107TH BRISTOL (WHITCHURCH) SCOUT GROUP
Charity 302154 · Other · income £10,373 · BS14 9BT
107TH DERBY SCOUT GROUP
Charity 1062469 · Other · income £41,854 · DE72 2BA
107TH NEWCASTLE (ST ANDREWS) 1ST WESTLANDS SCOUT GROUP removed 2009
Charity 1033022 · income £1,152
109TH BRISTOL (WITHYWOOD) SCOUT GROUP removed 2004
Charity 302151
109TH (COUNTESTHORPE) ST ANDREWS SCOUT GROUP
Charity 521759 · Other · income £59,835 · LE8 5XR
109TH LOYOLA SCOUT GROUP
Charity 1194344 · Other · income £10,554 · BB5 3LX

Reading the register of charities

Britain has had a public register of charities since 1960, and it answers a question people ask at exactly the wrong moment: somebody is standing in front of them with a collecting tin, or an email has arrived after a disaster. A registered charity number is checkable in seconds, and a number that returns nothing — or returns a different name — is the whole answer.

The part that is usually missing is the past tense. Two hundred thousand charities have been removed from the register, and a removed charity does not take its letterheads back. So both halves are shown here, and a removed charity says so on its own line rather than quietly not appearing.

Thirty thousand of these are charitable companies, filing at Companies House as well as with the Commission. The charity register records the company number itself, which is why the link between the two here is exact rather than a guess from names — and why a company page can tell you it is a charity, and whether it still is.

The Commission regulates England and Wales, and nothing else. A Scottish charity is registered with OSCR and a Northern Irish one with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, on separate registers with their own numbers. Not finding one here says nothing about it.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check whether a charity is genuine?▾
Ask for its registered charity number and look it up. Every charity in England and Wales with an income over £5,000 must be registered, and the register records the number, the name, the address and what the charity says it does. A number that returns nothing, or returns a different name from the one on the appeal, is the answer.
What does it mean when a charity has been removed from the register?▾
That it no longer exists as a registered charity — most often because it wound up, merged with another, or fell below the income threshold, and occasionally because the Commission removed it. Removal is not itself a finding of wrongdoing. It does mean that an appeal still quoting that number today is quoting a charity that is not on the register, which is why the removed half of the register is shown here rather than hidden.
Why do some charities have a company number too?▾
Because they are charitable companies: incorporated at Companies House and registered with the Charity Commission, so they appear on both registers and file with both. The charity register records the company number itself, which is how a company page here can say a company is a registered charity without guessing from the name. A charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) is the newer alternative — incorporated, but only with the Commission, so it has no company number.
What is the income figure?▾
The gross income the charity reported for its most recent completed financial year, as filed with the Commission. It is not this year’s income and it is not audited by us. A charity that has never filed shows nothing, which for a newly registered charity is normal and for an old one is worth asking about.
Does this cover Scotland and Northern Ireland?▾
No. The Charity Commission regulates England and Wales only. Scottish charities are registered with OSCR and Northern Irish charities with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, on separate registers with their own numbers — so a Scottish charity will not be found here, and its absence means nothing about it.

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