The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales
At the end of 2000 there were 185,381 charities on our Register. Of these, 25,536 were subsidiaries or branches of other charities. This means that there were 159,845 "main" charities on the Register.
NB These figures include 2424 "group" charities. Group charities are separate charities but share the same registered number because they have been grouped together for ease of administration.
The Register showed at the end of 2000 that the total annual income of all registered main charities was £24,561,235,983..
When this income is broken down by individual charities we find that many are very small organisations indeed, and that the financial wealth of registered charities, measured by their annual income, is concentrated in just a few very large charities. This is demonstrated in the following figures:
The tables below set out in more detail how the total income is broken down.
| Annual income bracket (£) | Number of main charities |
% of registered
main charities Graph |
Total annual income (£bn) of main charities
in each bracket |
% of registered
main charities Graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £0-1,000 |
43,079 |
26.95% |
0.008 |
0.03% |
| £1,001-10,000 |
59,912 |
37.48% |
0.268 |
1.09% |
| £10,001-100,000 |
40,018 |
25.04% |
1.306 |
5.32% |
| £100,001-250,000 |
7,693 |
4.81% |
1.220 |
4.97% |
| £250,001-1million |
5,744 |
3.59% |
2.813 |
11.45% |
| £1m-10m |
3,063 |
1.92% |
8.679 |
35.34% |
| £10m and over |
336 |
0.21% |
10.267 |
41.80% |
| Total |
159,845 |
100% |
£24.561bn |
100% |