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 info@findthatcharity.uk.
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 updated2024-04-27
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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 updated2024-04-21
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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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346,819 records
Open Government Licence v2.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Register of Mergers
Open Government Licence v2.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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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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7,997 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source | Last updated2024-04-27
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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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316,420 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Last updated2024-04-27
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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 updated2024-03-01
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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 updated2024-04-21
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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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50,904 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-04-27
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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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31,685 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Mutuals Public Register
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Find that Charity
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Mutual Companies
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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Charity Reregistrations
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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University Charity Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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CIO Company Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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Organisation Company Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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Charity Company Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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University Royal Charters
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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Independent Schools Charity Numbers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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Find that Charity Relationship Lookups
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Charity Alternative Names
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License | Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Registered housing providers
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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GRID Org IDs
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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Dual Registered UK Charities
Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-02-20
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Calculate the scale of operation
| Last updated2024-04-27
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Mutual Companies
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HESA
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Higher Education Statistics Agency
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619 records
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence | Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-04-27
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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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7,643 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source | Last updated2024-04-27
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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 updated2024-03-01
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Local authorities in England register
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MySociety
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UK Local Authorities
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467 records
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License | Download source | Last updated2024-04-27
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UK Local Authorities
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NHS Digital
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GP practice
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16,128 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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NHS Trust
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211 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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NHS Support Agency or Shared Service
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184 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Clinical Commissioning Group
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122 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Commissioning Support Unit
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23 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Special Health Authority
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15 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Welsh Local Health Board
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7 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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Care Trust
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4 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (zip) | Last updated2024-04-27
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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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53,262 records
Open Government Licence v2.0 | Download source | Last updated2024-04-25
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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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1,590 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (excel) | Last updated2024-04-27
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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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4,971 records
Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0 International licence | Download source | Last updated2024-04-27
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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 updated2024-04-27
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Local authorites in Scotland register
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32 records
Open Government Licence v3.0 | Download source (csv) | Last updated2024-03-01
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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 updated2024-04-27
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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 updated2024-04-27
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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 updated2024-03-01
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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 updated2024-04-21
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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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