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UK charity ratings
Check any UK charity before you give
Search 214,958 registered charities and see a free Clarity score from 0–100, built only from official regulator filings.
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Quick answer
CharityCompare is a free UK charity directory covering every registered charity in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland — 214,958 profiles, including independent Clarity Score ratings (0–100) for 7,497 charities from regulator filings. Compare up to four side-by-side, browse by cause or city — free for donors, no commission on donations, scores cannot be bought.
Discover charities
Which cause do you want to support?
Every cause page ranks the highest-rated charities working on it, with the full UK register behind them.
Top rated
Which UK charities score highest?
The strongest Clarity scores in our directory right now — every score traced back to published regulator filings.
BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST
£24m · UK-wide
Give with confidence
100/100
ARCHDIOCESE OF CARDIFF-MENEVIA
£6.0m · cardiff
Give with confidence
100/100
THE ZAHRA TRUST
£5.9m · london
Give with confidence
100/100
KENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND
£5.5m · maidstone
Give with confidence
100/100
CENTRAL LONDON SAMARITANS
£4.5m · london
Give with confidence
100/100
JW3 TRUST LIMITED
£4.2m · london
Give with confidence
100/100
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Where to give now
Causes that need support right now
Curated themes, each opening onto the highest-rated charities working on it.
Cost of living
Food banks & hardship relief
Charities helping households through rising costs — rated on how much of their spending reaches frontline support.
Housing
Homelessness & rough sleeping
Shelters, outreach teams and housing advice services, compared on transparency and cause spend.
Health
Mental health support
Helplines, counselling and crisis services across the UK, with filing records you can check.
Near you
Are there good charities in my area?
Local charity profiles and ratings for the UK’s biggest towns and cities.
Donor basics
New to checking charities?
Short, practical reading before you give — no jargon.
Giving guides
How to read charity accounts, spot red flags, and give tax-efficiently with Gift Aid.
Donor answers
Straight answers on reserves, admin costs, CEO pay and what a good spending ratio really looks like.
How we score
The full Clarity score method — four beacons, 100 points, and every rule we apply, published in the open.
Why trust these ratings
Where do the scores come from?
Every number on this site is traceable to a public filing — and nothing about a score is for sale.
Published method
Four beacons, 100 points, every rule written down. If you disagree with a score you can see exactly which filing produced it.
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How do I know if a charity is good before I donate?
Check three things: that it is registered with the relevant UK regulator, that its accounts are filed on time, and how much of its spending reaches its cause. CharityCompare shows all three on every profile as a free Clarity Score from 0 to 100, calculated from official regulator filings.
What is a Clarity Score?
A Clarity Score is CharityCompare’s 0–100 rating of how clearly a charity accounts for its money, built from Charity Commission and other UK regulator filings across four beacons: financial transparency, cause spending, governance, and filing record. It measures accountability on paper, not the real-world impact of a charity’s programmes.
Is CharityCompare free to use?
Yes. Every rating, comparison and search is free for donors. CharityCompare takes no commission on donations, and no payment can change a score. The site is funded by optional charity memberships, business services and reader donations.
Which UK charities does CharityCompare cover?
CharityCompare covers every charity on the UK registers — England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland — with a profile for each. Charities with published annual returns also receive a full Clarity Score rating and beacon breakdown.
Can a charity pay to improve its rating?
No. Clarity Scores are calculated only from official regulator data, so they cannot be bought, edited or influenced by payment. Charities can claim a profile to add a description and verified badge, but the score itself never changes as a result.
How often is the charity data updated?
Ratings are rebuilt from the latest regulator data releases, and each profile shows the date its data was last refreshed alongside the accounts year the score is based on.
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Your charity is already rated here from public filings — free, forever. Claim the profile to add your own description and a verified badge. Claiming never changes your score.