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UK charity directory
Search rated UK charities with free Clarity scores from UK regulator filings — 0–100 scores, beacon breakdowns, and filing history.
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| Charity | Score | Cause spend | Income | Filing | Scope |
|---|
- Birmingham Diocesan Trust — 100/100
- Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia — 100/100
- The Zahra Trust — 100/100
- Kent Association for the Blind — 100/100
- Jw3 Trust Limited — 100/100
- Polka Children's Theatre Limited — 100/100
- Friends International Ministries — 100/100
- Orison Charitable Trust — 100/100
- Amos Trust — 100/100
- Help the Needy Charitable Trust — 100/100
- The English Sangha Trust Limited — 100/100
- Board of Deputies Charitable Foundation — 100/100
- Majlis Ansarullah (UK) LTD — 100/100
- Woodcraft Folk — 100/100
- Chapter One (UKk.) LTD — 100/100
- The Farming Community Network — 100/100
- Lakshmi-Narayana Trust — 100/100
- Sufra - Nw London — 100/100
- The Mary How Trust for Cancer Prevention — 100/100
- Age UK Hythe, Lyminge and Ashford — 100/100
- Inter Care Limited — 100/100
- Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit — 100/100
- The RSPCA Danaher Animal Home — 100/100
- Birmingham City Mission — 100/100
- The Brothers of the First Order of the Society of St Francis — 100/100
- The Guide Association London and South East England Region — 100/100
- Lewisham Local — 100/100
- British Emunah Fund — 100/100
- Basingstoke Community Churches — 100/100
- Bristol Refugee Rights — 100/100
- The Torch Trust for the Blind — 100/100
- Emmaus Transformation Trust — 100/100
- Greek Animal Rescue (UK ) — 100/100
- The White Eagle Lodge — 100/100
- Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust — 100/100
- Halton Carers Centre — 100/100
- Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre — 100/100
- Kids Matter — 100/100
- Greenacres Rescue Limited — 100/100
- Voices in Exile — 100/100
- Doctors Worldwide LTD — 100/100
- Mercers' Company Housing Association — 100/100
- Kent Neuro Therapy Centre Limited — 100/100
- The Sparkle Foundation — 100/100
- Greatwood Charity Limited — 100/100
- Hackney Quest — 100/100
- The Wey and Arun Canal Trust Limited — 100/100
- Baby Basics UK — 100/100
- Sayagyi U Ba Khin Memorial Trust — 100/100
- Crossway Stratford — 100/100
How we score charities +
The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.
Accountability & Transparency
Scored from filings
40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).
Financial Health
Scored from filings
30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).
Financial Efficiency
Scored from filings
20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).
Community Support
Scored from filings
10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.
Overall score
Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.
Common questions
What is the CharityCompare UK charity directory?
CharityCompare is a free UK charity directory covering every registered charity in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Rated profiles include a Clarity Score (0–100), beacon breakdowns, and data from official regulator annual returns. Charities without enough published return fields still have a basic register profile.
How does CharityCompare rate charities?
We use the Clarity Score V1 — up to 100 points from regulator filings across four pillars (Accountability & Transparency 40, Financial Health 30, Financial Efficiency 20, Community Support 10). See our methodology page for full details. Scores cannot be bought.
Is CharityCompare free to use?
Yes — free for donors: every rating, comparison, and directory search. We take no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. The site is funded by charity memberships, business services, and optional reader donations.