Are you thinking of donating to or raising funds for a charity? Look out for the Fundraising Badge. When you see it, you can have confidence in a charity’s fundraising.

In 2021 the Fundraising Regulator marks its fifth anniversary of regulating fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We were set up in 2016 to deliver a new, more visible, approach to regul...

This page lists the updates made to the Code of Fundraising Practice.

Our reporting year 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020 was like no other. Six months of this report is set during the Coronavirus pandemic, which brought unprecedented challenges to fundraising. This y...

The Fundraising Regulator’s next annual event is taking place on Tuesday 12 March 2024.

To support charities to understand and meet the fundraising standards, the Fundraising Regulator is producing a series of digestible and informative webinars on the Code of Fundraising Practice.

Our guidance provides advice on best practice in fundraising to protect the public and donors, and support the vital work of fundraisers. Below you can search our detailed guidance resources and acces...

Some charities are breaching the Code of Fundraising Practice by failing to access these requests and suppress people on their marketing databases.

The Code of Fundraising Practice specifies that charities must stop sending direct marketing communications to individuals after an FPS request has been received. If you do not stop these types of com...

The Fundraising Preference Service is a free service, run by the Fundraising Regulator, that can help you or someone you know to end contact with charities that you no longer want to hear from.

The Fundraising Preference Service is a free service, run by the Fundraising Regulator, that can help you or someone you know to end contact with charities that you no longer want to hear from. The...

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The Fundraising Regulator is a registered company limited by guarantee in England and Wales, which is governed by articles of association.

Our board is guided by recommendations from three committees: the Complaints and Investigations Committee, the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee; and the Standards Committee.

We have memorandums of understanding with other organisations where there are issues of mutual interest or concern. These set out how we intend to work together to achieve efficiency and clarify our r...

We are mostly funded by an annual voluntary Fundraising Levy charities spending £100,000 or more each year on fundraising and also receive income from registration fees.

We regulate all fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland carried out by charitable institutions and third-party fundraisers.

The Fundraising Regulator is the independent regulator of charitable fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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The Fundraising Regulator is the independent regulator of charitable fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our work ensures public protection, accountability, and excellence in fundr...

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The Code of Fundraising Practice sets the standards that apply to fundraising carried out by all charitable institutions and third party fundraisers in the UK. It replaces the previous code, rulebooks...