uk-charities

The 1,000 largest UK charities by income, across the registers of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Index 12.1 · scanned 2026-11-02 · up to 32 URLs per site · 1000 organizations · 742 scanned (74.2% coverage) · 57 with no published URL · scored as nonprofit

Median score 58 across 742 sites
Middle half 51–64 spread around the median
Full range 24–77 lowest to highest
Gated 252 of 742 block AI crawlers outright

Middle of 31 cohorts. All cohorts 54 · best cohort 63.

Where this list came from

The source, and how we filtered it

Source The 1,000 largest UK charities by income, Charity Commission for England and Wales; Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator; Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (2026-11-02 (all three extracts))
LicenseOpen Government Licence v3.0 for all three. OSCR additionally requires no direct marketing, no list that claims to be the Scottish Charity Register, and the attribution '© Crown Copyright and database right [year]. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.'
Cite as© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How we filtered itCharity Commission extract: status Registered, main charities only, ranked on latest income. OSCR: every charity except cross-border ones, ranked on most recent year's income. CCNI: every charity not removed, ranked on total income. The three are ranked together; a name on more than one register counts once, on the register where its income is largest. Excluded as other cohorts' members: names saying university, school, college (except the learned Royal Colleges) or NHS, and the independent hospital providers in uk-nhs; a few decided by hand, with reasons in the script. Ranks closed up. The address is each register's own website field.
Built2026-11-02

The filtering is ours and is disclosed as ours. The source published a list; the decision about which rows of it belong in a cohort was a judgment call, and it is written down so somebody can disagree with it.

Distribution

Where the 742 sites land

GradeShare of the cohort SitesShare
Weak
378 50.9%
Not ready
46 6.2%
Adequate
313 42.2%
Strong
5 0.7%
By dimension

What the cohort earns, dimension by dimension

The mean share of each dimension’s available points that this cohort earned. Low here means the whole sector is weak on it, not that one site dragged an average down. The per-site spread is in the dataset.

DimensionMean share earned Mean
#1 · Reach
These parameters determine the fundamental ease of access that AI has to your site information.
78%
#2 · Read
AI generally turns off JavaScript. Does your site information survive without it?
55%
#3 · Understand
Does a machine know who and what you are?
29%
#4 · Act
Sitemaps, redirects, 404s, licensing terms, and not wasting the crawl budget.
65%
How much of each site we read

The cap is 32 URLs and it is a ceiling, not a promise. A portal whose every link points at a different host yields one page; a university yields the full sample. The median here is 32, the range 1–32, published so that "we sampled 32 URLs per site" cannot become a claim the data does not support.

10 sites in this cohort served a certificate we could not verify. They were read anyway and scored normally, because reporting no response for a site every browser loads would describe our TLS stack rather than the site, and each one carries the finding in its row.

Where this cohort fails

9 tests almost nobody in this cohort passes

Universal — nobody passes these 9 checks · 2 of them worth 2 points or more
TestWhat it asks FailingOf Points
ACT-3 If you have a public API, is it described in a standard file?
100.0%
5 2
EXT-11 Have you marked the part of a page that answers a spoken question?
100.0%
742 0
EXT-12 Do you tell search engines the moment a page changes?
100.0%
742 0
EXT-15 Can an AI agent find out how to sign in to your site?
100.0%
5 0
EXT-16 Do you publish a card or a skills list for the agents you run?
100.0%
742 0
EXT-17 Do you list your agents in your domain's DNS records?
100.0%
734 0
EXT-18 Do you tell AI shoppers how they can pay?
100.0%
22 0
EXT-7 If you run real question-and-answer pages, are they marked as such?
100.0%
25 0
UND-9 If a page is behind a paywall, does it say so?
100.0%
4 2
Near-universal — 95% and above 7 checks · 3 of them worth 2 points or more
TestWhat it asks FailingOf Points
RED-10 Do you offer a plain-text (Markdown) copy of your pages?
99.5%
639 2
UND-2 Does your site use the page labels that search engines still read for what you publish?
99.5%
742 3
RED-12 If a machine asks for Markdown, does your site give it?
99.3%
741 2
EXT-14 Does your site offer its actions to AI browsers as tools?
96.8%
717 0
PST-2 Have you posted a Content Signals statement about what AI may do with your content?
96.6%
742 0
UND-5 Does the author label in your page code point to that person?
96.6%
609 1
EXT-1 Do you publish an llms.txt file for coding assistants?
96.5%
742 0
Common — 90 to 95% 5 checks · 1 of them worth 2 points or more
TestWhat it asks FailingOf Points
UND-1 Does your site say clearly who you are?
93.3%
742 2
PST-4 Have you reserved your text and data mining rights in a form machines can read?
92.7%
742 0
EXT-13 Can an assistant ask your site a question directly?
92.5%
742 0
EXT-2 Do you list your APIs and agent tools where agents look for them?
91.9%
62 0
EXT-4 Can an AI assistant connect to your site as a tool?
91.2%
742 0

Coral bars mark tests worth 2 points or more, the failures that actually move a score.

Every site

Every 1,000, named, with a report for each

Whether or not it has been scanned. Rows with no website on record, sites that were unreachable and sites that turned us away stay in the table with the reason on them, and none of them enters an average: dropping them would shrink the population to the part that was easy to measure. A few points between two neighbors is noise. The box filters every row in the cohort, not only the page you are on; click a header to sort the rows on this page by name or by score.

Showing 1–100 of 1,000 · page 1 of 10

SiteScore GatedPages read Report
The Charities Aid Foundation cafonline.orgregister id CCEW 268369; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 45 Gated 32
Robertson Trust therobertsontrust.org.ukregister id OSCR SC002970; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 58 No 27
The British Council britishcouncil.orgregister id CCEW 209131; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 33 Gated 1
Save the Children International savethechildren.netblockedregister id CCEW 1076822; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The Arts Council of England artscouncil.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1036733; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
United Learning LTD unitedlearning.org.ukregister id CCEW 313999; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 52 No 32
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty nationaltrust.org.ukregister id CCEW 205846; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 59 No 32
Cancer Research UK cancerresearchuk.orgregister id CCEW 1089464; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 56 No 32
Lloyd's Register Foundation lr.orgregister id CCEW 1145988; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 56 No 32
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation no website on recordregister id CCEW 1153551; the register gives no website — No —
Wellcome Trust wellcome.orgregister id CCEW 210183; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 33 Gated 1
The Ormiston Trust ormistontrust.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1164358; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 401 (Cloudflare) — No —
British Heart Foundation bhf.org.ukregister id CCEW 225971; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 68 No 32
Oasis Charitable Trust no website on recordregister id CCEW 1026487; the register gives no website — No —
Barnardo's barnardos.org.ukregister id CCEW 216250; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 71 No 32
Change, Grow, Live changegrowlive.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1079327; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Oxfam oxfam.org.ukregister id CCEW 202918; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 61 No 32
The Salvation Army salvationarmy.org.ukregister id CCEW 214779; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 74 No 32
Quadrature Charitable Foundation qc.foundationregister id CCEW 1187301; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 55 No 32
Founders Pledge Ltd founderspledge.comregister id CCEW 1162201; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 59 No 32
MSI Reproductive Choices msichoices.orgblockedregister id CCEW 265543; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The Eric Wright Charitable Trust ericwright.co.ukregister id CCEW 1002966; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; the register gives ericwright.co.uk/charitable-trust/; cut to the site root 52 No 32
Wheatley Homes Glasgow Limited wheatleyhomes-glasgow.comblockedregister id OSCR SC034054; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The British Red Cross Society redcross.org.ukregister id CCEW 220949; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 69 No 32
The Shaw Trust Limited shaw-trust.org.ukregister id CCEW 287785; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 66 No 2
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution rnli.orgblockedregister id CCEW 209603; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind sightsavers.orgregister id CCEW 207544; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 68 No 32
Methodist Homes mha.org.ukregister id CCEW 1083995; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 53 No 32
CITB citb.co.ukregister id CCEW 264289; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 66 No 32
AQA Education aqa.org.ukregister id CCEW 1073334; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 64 No 32
Macmillan Cancer Support macmillan.org.ukregister id CCEW 261017; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 60 No 32
The Save the Children Fund savethechildren.org.ukregister id CCEW 213890; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 67 No 32
Royal Mencap Society mencap.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 222377; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The Francis Crick Institute Limited crick.ac.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1140062; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (CloudFront) — No —
The Salvation Army Social Work Trust salvationarmy.org.ukregister id CCEW 215174; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 74 No 32
Islamic Relief Worldwide islamic-relief.orgblockedregister id CCEW 328158; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
St Andrew's Healthcare standrewshealthcare.co.ukregister id CCEW 1104951; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 46 Gated 1
The Archbishops' Council churchofengland.orgregister id CCEW 1074857; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 70 No 32
The Orders of St John Care Trust osjct.co.ukregister id CCEW 1048355; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 59 No 32
Canal & River Trust canalrivertrust.org.ukregister id CCEW 1146792; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 59 No 32
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited nptuk.orgregister id CCEW 1181128; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 56 No 32
Church Commissioners for England cofe.anglican.orgregister id CCEW 1140097; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; the register gives www.cofe.anglican.org/about/churchcommissioners/; cut to the site root 33 Gated 1
Community Integrated Care c-i-c.co.ukregister id CCEW 519996; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 60 No 3
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds rspb.org.ukregister id CCEW 207076; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 41 Gated 32
Turning Point turning-point.co.ukregister id CCEW 234887; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 58 No 32
Social Investment Business Foundation sibgroup.org.ukregister id CCEW 1117185; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 64 No 32
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation roh.org.ukregister id CCEW 211775; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 No 3
Marie Curie mariecurie.org.ukregister id CCEW 207994; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 61 Gated 32
Genome Research Limited sanger.ac.ukregister id CCEW 1021457; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 55 No 32
UBS Optimus Foundation UK ubs.comregister id CCEW 1153537; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; the register gives www.ubs.com/optimus; cut to the site root 61 No 32
The City and Guilds of London Institute cityandguildsfoundation.orgregister id CCEW 312832; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 36 Gated 32
Prosper Global (UK) europe.prosperglobal.orgregister id OSCR SC030289; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; the register gives https://europe.prosperglobal.org/en-gb; cut to the site root 69 No 29
Fondation Chanel no website on recordregister id CCEW 1195353; the register gives no website — No —
Dogs Trust dogstrust.org.ukregister id CCEW 1167663; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 46 Gated 32
General Medical Council gmc-uk.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1089278; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rspca.org.ukregister id CCEW 219099; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 61 No 32
Stewardship Services (UKET) Limited stewardship.org.ukregister id CCEW 234714; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 60 No 32
The Royal British Legion britishlegion.org.ukregister id CCEW 219279; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 43 No 32
The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux citizensadvice.org.ukregister id CCEW 279057; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 67 No 32
UK Online Giving Foundation ukogf.orgregister id CCEW 1164887; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 62 No 6
The Julia Rausing Trust juliarausingtrust.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1213572; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 401 (Cloudflare) — No —
The Halo Trust halotrust.orgregister id CCEW 1001813; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 69 No 32
Garfield Weston Foundation garfieldweston.orgunreachableregister id CCEW 230260; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it — No —
Waythrough waythrough.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 515755; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association guidedogs.org.ukregister id CCEW 209617; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 60 No 32
Action for Children actionforchildren.org.ukregister id CCEW 1097940; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 75 No 32
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known as the Royal Society) royalsociety.orgblockedregister id CCEW 207043; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 — No —
Walsall Housing Group Limited whg.uk.comregister id CCEW 1108779; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 74 No 32
The Master Charitable Trust no website on recordregister id CCEW 1139904; the register gives no website — No —
The English Heritage Trust english-heritage.org.ukregister id CCEW 1140351; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 55 No 32
Culture and Sport Glasgow glasgowlife.org.ukregister id OSCR SC037844; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 63 No 32
JISC jisc.ac.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1149740; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Southampton Row Trust Limited cafonline.orgregister id CCEW 1079020; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 45 Gated 32
The United Kingdom Committee for Unicef unicef.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1072612; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Historic Environment Scotland historicenvironment.scotunreachableregister id OSCR SC045925; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it — No —
Denise Coates Foundation no website on recordregister id CCEW 1149110; the register gives no website — No —
Alzheimer's Society alzheimers.org.ukregister id CCEW 296645; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 Gated 32
Leonard Cheshire Disability leonardcheshire.orgregister id CCEW 218186; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 67 No 32
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity gosh.orgregister id CCEW 1160024; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 62 No 32
Church of England Central Services churchofengland.orgregister id CCEW 1155158; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 70 No 32
Historic Royal Palaces hrp.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1068852; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
International Medical Corps (UK) internationalmedicalcorps.org.ukregister id CCEW 1093861; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 66 No 32
The Royal Horticultural Society rhs.org.ukregister id CCEW 222879; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 48 No 32
Age UK ageuk.org.ukregister id CCEW 1128267; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 71 No 32
The Royal National Theatre nationaltheatre.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 224223; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (CloudFront) — No —
Museum of London museumoflondon.org.ukregister id CCEW 1139250; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; the register gives https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london; cut to the site root 45 Gated 1
The Football Foundation footballfoundation.org.ukregister id CCEW 1079309; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 58 No 32
The British Film Institute bfi.org.ukregister id CCEW 287780; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 58 No 32
The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals pdsa.org.ukregister id CCEW 208217; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 No 32
The Church of Scotland churchofscotland.org.ukblockedregister id OSCR SC011353; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The Leverhulme Trust leverhulme.ac.ukregister id CCEW 1159154; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 64 No 32
St Mungo Community Housing Association mungos.orgregister id CCEW 1149085; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 67 No 32
HCT Group hctgroup.orgregister id CCEW 1091318; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 65 No 1
International Planned Parenthood Federation ippf.orgblockedregister id CCEW 229476; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children nspcc.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 216401; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The CH Foundation (UK) no website on recordregister id CCEW 1156222; the register gives no website — No —
Richmond Fellowship Scotland Ltd trfs.org.ukregister id OSCR SC021621; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 59 No 32
Camfed International camfed.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1029161; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Radius Housing Association Limited radiushousing.orgregister id CCNI NIC102575; address from Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 70 No 32
Parish Giving Scheme parishgivingscheme.org.ukregister id CCEW 1156606; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 41 No 1

Scores are for the population, not for ranking two named sites against each other. A few points between neighbors is noise. See what these numbers can and cannot support. Headline figures: summary.json (CC BY 4.0). The site-by-site data on this page is licensed; a bulk copy is from TEN7 for a fee.