The Charity Commission is the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales. We are a non-ministerial government department responsible for the registration of charities and for ensuring they understand and comply with charity law.
What is this information centre for?
This information centre is designed to provide journalists with an overview of how the Commission works, particularly in relation to issues that we know regularly attract media attention. We hope that the resource centre offers useful information that will assist your enquiries.
The information centre is divided into the following sections:
About Charities - sector facts and figures
Basic information about what charities do, who runs them and how to access statistics about the charity sector as a whole.
The Register of Charities - a useful tool
Information about the Register of Charities and how to find information about a specific charity.
Identifying wrongdoing in charities
How we identify wrongdoing in charities, what happens when we open an investigation and how we work with the media during various stages of our regulatory work.
Frequently raised topics
There are some aspects of our work that we regularly receive press queries about. This section of the information centre contains relevant summary and background information on a number of these topics, which may be a useful starting point for your enquiries.
- Bogus charity clothing collections
- Charities and terrorism
- Public benefit requirement
- Charities, politics and campaigning
Photos
Download photos of the Charity Commission Chair and Chief Executive.
The Media Information Centre will be kept regularly updated to reflect developments in the Commission's work as a result of its current Strategic Review and in future.
For all media enquiries contact the Charity Commission press office on 020 7674 2342 or email pressenquiries@charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk. The press office team is available from 08:30 to 18:00 Monday to Friday, except national holidays. For urgent press enquiries outside these hours, call 07785 748 787.
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