The site is a tool for finding non profit organisations by name, from Kane Data Ltd. It brings together data from a number of sources to include a record for a large number of non profit organisations in the UK, including every registered charity.
The site was initially put together by David Kane. Huge thanks to other contributors, particularly Bob Harper who implemented the Northern Ireland charity data and Katherine and others at 360Giving for their help and feedback.
The data is used directly from regulatory sources. Any corrections needed to the data should be directed to the regulators themselves, using the links below.
Support
The site is supported by 360Giving.
You can support the site through GitHub Sponsors.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Using the data
As well as a search engine, you can also as an
OpenRefine reconciliation service.
Access this using /reconcile
endpoint.
You can access data about any charity in json format by adding .json
to the end of the URL.
Find a random charity record. Or add ?active=true
to the end to restrict the random search to only active charities. This powers the
@CharityRandom twitter feed.
Data sources
The data is used directly from regulatory sources. Any corrections needed to the data should be directed to the regulators themselves, using the links below.
Uses data from the following sources:
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Cabinet Office
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Government organisations on GOV.UK register
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989 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Government organisations on GOV.UK register
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Care Quality Commission
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CQC Locations
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Last updated2023-10-01
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CQC Locations
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Charity Commission for England and Wales
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Registered charities in England and Wales
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344,843 records
Open Government Licence v2.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Register of Mergers
Open Government Licence v2.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Registered charities in England and Wales
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland charity search
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7,923 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source | Last updated2023-12-03
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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland charity search
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Companies House
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Free Company Data Product
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305,833 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Last updated2023-12-02
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Free Company Data Product
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Department for Communities (Northern Ireland)
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Local authorites in Northern Ireland register
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36 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Local authorites in Northern Ireland register
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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National Lottery grants
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source | Last updated2023-12-03
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National Lottery grants
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Department for Education
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Get information about schools
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50,558 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Get information about schools
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Digital Science
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Global Research Identifiers Database
Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0 International licence | Last updated2022-07-01
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Global Research Identifiers Database
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Financial Conduct Authority
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Mutuals Public Register
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31,579 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Mutuals Public Register
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Find that Charity
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Mutual Companies
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Charity Reregistrations
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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University Charity Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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CIO Company Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Organisation Company Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Charity Company Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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University Royal Charters
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Independent Schools Charity Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Registered housing providers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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GRID Org IDs
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Dual Registered UK Charities
Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Calculate the scale of operation
| Last updated2023-12-03
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Mutual Companies
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HESA
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Higher Education Statistics Agency
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618 records
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Higher Education Statistics Agency
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HMRC
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Community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) registered with HMRC
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7,531 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source | Last updated2023-12-03
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Community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) registered with HMRC
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Local authorities in England register
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367 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Local authorities in England register
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NHS Digital
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GP practice
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15,971 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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NHS Trust
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211 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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NHS Support Agency or Shared Service
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181 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Clinical Commissioning Group
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122 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Commissioning Support Unit
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23 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Special Health Authority
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15 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Welsh Local Health Board
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7 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Care Trust
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4 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2023-12-03
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NHS Organisation Data Service downloads
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Last updated2020-08-02
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GP practice
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Northern Ireland Department of Education
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Department of Education - Institution Search
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1,133 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Last updated2023-06-16
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Department of Education - Institution Search
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Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
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Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download
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52,934 records
Open Government Licence v2.0 | Download source | Last updated2023-11-30
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Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download
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Regulator of Social Housing
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Current registered providers of social housing
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1,595 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (excel) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Current registered providers of social housing
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Research Organization Registry Community
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Research Organization Registry
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4,875 records
Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0 International licence | Download source | Last updated2023-12-03
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Research Organization Registry
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Scottish Government
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School Contact Details
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2,449 records
Open Government Licence | Download source (excel) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Local authorites in Scotland register
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32 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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School Contact Details
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UK Charity Classification
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UK Charity Activity Tags
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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UK Charity Activity Tags
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Welsh Government
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Address list of schools
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1,564 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source | Last updated2023-12-03
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Principal local authorities in Wales register
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22 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2023-12-03
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Address list of schools
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Wikidata
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Wikidata
CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication | Last updated2023-12-03
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Wikidata
A list of additional names for Northern Irish charities is also maintained on Github.
Other acknowledgements
- Styles from Tachyons
- Powered by Python, Django, PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch.
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