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Charities registered in England, Wales or Northern Ireland?

Registered charities are those that are registered with either the Charity Commission for England and Wales or Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and have a registered charity number.

Non-registered charities in England, Wales or Northern Ireland

Non-registered charities are generally exempted charities that have an HMRC gift aid reference number.

Commercial Businesses & Third Party Agencies

Commercial/business agencies are companies whose main role is offering professional fundraising services to the charitable sector. This would typically include:

  • Agencies offering telemarketing or face to face fundraising services
  • Direct marketing agencies
  • Online donation sites and platforms
  • Crowd funding sites for charities
  • Payroll giving services
  • Commercial clothing collectors
  • Companies exclusively offering fundraising products e.g. charity christmas cards.

This would not include:

  • Companies engaged in a promotional charitable venture whose primary purpose isn’t to offer fundraising services e.g. a bank offering a donation to charity as part of its account services.

Responsible fundraising, confident giving

The Fundraising Regulator holds the Code of Fundraising Practice for the UK.

We set and maintain the standards for charitable fundraising, aim to ensure that fundraising is respectful, open, honest and accountable to the public and regulate fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Different co-regulatory arrangements apply in Scotland.*