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Every UK charity,171,573by the numbers.

From the Charity Commission - 171,573+ registered UK charities, their trustees, income and causes. Free, no signup.

Snapshot 2026-05-14. Refreshes daily. Free, no signup.

Registered charities

171,573

Currently on the register

Combined annual income

£90.9B

Across all registered charities

Removed from register

184,937

Dissolved, merged, or de-registered

Income distribution

Most UK charities are small.

The bulk of registered charities operate on under £100k a year. A small handful at the top hold the lion's share of sector income. This chart bins every registered charity by reported annual income.

015k30k45k60k<£10k: 59,552£10k - £100k: 59,349£100k - £1M: 33,387£1M - £10M: 7,270>£10M: 1,434<£10k£10k - £100k£100k - £1M£1M - £10M>£10M

Patterns in the data

Things that stand out when you look at every UK registered charity.

Registered charities by income band

  1. 01Under £10k59,552
  2. 02£10k - £100k59,349
  3. 03£100k - £1M33,387
  4. 04£1M - £10M7,270
  5. 05Over £10M1,434
  6. 06Income not reported10,581

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