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Local community centres and civic groups. 1,126 community charities rated. This is the ranked list.

Choosing community support

  1. 1. PurposeRead the registered purpose to establish which community activities the organisation undertakes.
  2. 2. AccessCheck the specific programme’s location, eligibility and contact route; a directory category does not establish access.
  3. 3. EvidenceCompare the relevant programme’s results and financial period, with definitions and evidence of follow-up.

Selection questions from CharityCompare. Confirm current services with the charity; Clarity Scores assess financial and disclosure proxies, not programme effectiveness.

Explore the differences

Understand impact evidence
Charity Score Cause spend Income Scope
JW3 TRUST LIMITED 100 92% £4.2m Local
WOODCRAFT FOLK 100 99% £1.8m UK-wide
THE FARMING COMMUNITY NETWORK 100 94% £1.8m UK-wide
SUFRA - NW LONDON 100 96% £1.7m Local
Lewisham Local 100 100% £1.1m Local
COMMON WEALTH THEATRE LIMITED 100 100% £760k UK-wide
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE (UK) 100 94% £621k Local
THE BLACKMORE VALE CHARITY 100 100% £612k Local
PIONEERING CARE PARTNERSHIP 99 99% £4.6m Local
THE MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST 99 89% £2.5m Local
EALING AND HOUNSLOW COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE 99 100% £953k Local
THE BIG HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY 99 88% £900k Local
BIRTH COMPANIONS 99 98% £829k UK-wide
UPPER TEESDALE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES 99 100% £811k Local
FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS FIELDS 99 100% £789k Local
WALES FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS 99 95% £771k Local
FREE TO BE KIDS 99 90% £701k UK-wide
BEATING TIME 99 99% £669k UK-wide
EBONY HORSE CLUB 99 97% £582k Local
LINCOLNSHIRE RURAL SUPPORT NETWORK 99 99% £577k Local
BARAKA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 99 88% £554k Local
ST MARY'S (BRAMALL LANE) COMMUNITY CENTRE 99 96% £507k Local
UCLU 98 100% £18m Local
THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT 98 86% £2.1m UK-wide
SELBY DISTRICT ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE 98 96% £1.2m Local
READING REPERTORY THEATRE 98 100% £1.2m Local
SOUTH WEST COAST PATH ASSOCIATION 98 91% £1.1m Local
THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED 98 86% £1.0m Local
UK MEN'S SHEDS ASSOCIATION 98 87% £926k UK-wide
FRANK LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST 98 88% £696k UK-wide
The Parks Foundation 98 100% £535k Local
UNDER ONE SKY CIO 98 86% £511k UK-wide
THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 97 97% £13m UK-wide
SMART WORKS CHARITY 97 87% £4.7m UK-wide
GROUNDWORK NORTH WALES 97 100% £2.9m UK-wide
WAKEFIELD THEATRE TRUST 97 92% £2.4m Local
WALLSEND BOYS CLUB 97 96% £920k Local
COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (MEDWAY) 97 100% £873k Local
WORCESTER SNOEZELEN CIO 97 99% £827k Local
BARRIE WELLS TRUST 97 100% £739k UK-wide
NEWCASTLE RUGBY FOUNDATION 97 100% £706k Local
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE ASCENSION, BALHAM HILL 97 82% £671k Local
THE CHOIR WITH NO NAME 97 87% £543k Local
NORTH STAFFS CARERS ASSOCIATION 97 100% £534k Local
THE WHITLEY FUND FOR NATURE 96 91% £2.6m UK-wide
PECAN 96 97% £2.3m Local
LINCOLNSHIRE BOMBER COMMAND MEMORIAL 96 87% £1.7m Local
POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION 96 100% £1.5m Local
FINE CELL WORK 96 85% £1.4m UK-wide
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 96 100% £1.2m Local
ATF SOUTHEND 96 82% £1.1m Local
LIFELINE COMMUNITY ACTION 96 100% £742k Local
THE CIRDAN SAILING TRUST (INCORPORATING THE FARAMIR TRUST) LIMITED 96 95% £719k UK-wide
THE HOPE FOUNDATION LIMITED 96 100% £693k Local
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST 96 84% £599k Local
BLUE MARINE FOUNDATION 95 92% £13m UK-wide
THE ROYAL TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE 95 100% £8.4m UK-wide
WESTCOUNTRY RIVERS TRUST 95 100% £4.6m Local
The Goldsmiths' Foundation 95 88% £4.1m Local
CRYSTAL PALACE PARK TRUST 95 100% £2.7m Local

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