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Why only charities over £100k income?

In short: A full Clarity Score needs detailed annual-return fields, which UK regulators typically publish for larger charities. Smaller organisations, and some OSCR/CCNI records, still have a free basic register profile — we do not invent a score from thin data.

Data from CharityCompare editorial, last updated .

CharityCompare is not an England-and-Wales-only directory, and it is not a list of only large brands.

Rated profiles (a 0–100 Clarity Score and beacon breakdown) need the detailed fields in an annual return — spending splits, reserves, trustees, filing history. Those fields are most consistently published for charities with income of £100,000 and above, especially on the Charity Commission register.

Basic profiles cover every other registered charity we ingest from the Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI: official name, number, and a link to the register. That is deliberate. Inventing a score from a thin record would be less honest than saying “not enough published data.”

If you are checking a small local charity, start at search or the directory, verify the number, and read whatever accounts exist on the register. See Scotland and Northern Ireland coverage.

Look up any UK charity's free Clarity Score from regulator filings.

Information only — see guides for more detail.