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 201–300 of 1,000 · page 3 of 10

SiteScore GatedPages read Report
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (UK) ciff.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1091043; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
UK Biobank Limited ukbiobank.ac.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1101332; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Enable Scotland enable.org.ukregister id OSCR SC009024; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 56 Gated 32
Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home battersea.org.ukregister id CCEW 206394; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 61 No 32
The Grace Trust thegracetrust.org.ukregister id CCEW 257516; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 55 Gated 32
Haberdashers' Aske's Charity haberdashers.co.ukregister id CCEW 313996; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 64 No 32
Matw Project matwproject.org.ukregister id CCEW 1201110; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 46 No 30
The Avenues Trust Group avenuesgroup.org.ukregister id CCEW 1130473; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 57 No 32
Crisis UK crisis.org.ukregister id CCEW 1082947; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 53 Gated 32
Paypal Giving Fund UK paypalgivingfund.org.ukregister id CCEW 1110538; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 44 Gated 1
WJEC CBAC Limited wjec.co.ukregister id CCEW 1073332; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 65 No 10
Livability shaftesburygroup.orgregister id CCEW 1116530; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 64 No 32
Moondance Foundation moondancefoundation.org.ukregister id CCEW 1139224; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 66 No 17
YHA (England and Wales) yha.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 306122; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
World Vision UK worldvision.org.ukregister id CCEW 285908; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 66 No 32
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity hje.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 235822; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Sevenoaks Education Group sevenoaksschool.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1101358; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Enable Scotland (Leading The Way) enable.org.ukregister id OSCR SC021731; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 56 Gated 32
The Institution of Engineering and Technology theiet.orgregister id CCEW 211014; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 26 Gated 1
BRE Trust bretrust.org.ukregister id CCEW 1092193; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 68 No 1
International Finance Facility for Immunisation Company iffim.orgregister id CCEW 1115413; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 65 No 32
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company rmbi.org.ukregister id CCEW 1163245; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 50 Gated 32
Foundation for Credit Counselling stepchange.orgregister id CCEW 1016630; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 52 No 32
Care International UK careinternational.org.ukregister id CCEW 292506; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 56 No 32
The King's Trust kingstrust.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1079675; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (CloudFront) — No —
The Dean Close Foundation deanclose.org.ukregister id CCEW 1086829; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 49 Gated 32
Mind (the National Association for Mental Health) mind.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 219830; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Centrepoint Soho centrepoint.org.ukregister id CCEW 292411; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 Gated 32
The North of England Zoological Society chesterzoo.orgregister id CCEW 306077; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 49 No 32
Barking and Dagenham Giving bdgiving.org.ukregister id CCEW 1166335; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 63 No 1
The Trussell Trust trussell.org.ukregister id CCEW 1110522; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 40 Gated 32
Care South care-south.co.ukregister id CCEW 1014697; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 53 No 20
Hillcrest Homes (Scotland) Limited hillcrestha.org.ukregister id OSCR SC006809; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 33 Gated 1
Framework Housing Association frameworkha.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1060941; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 — No —
Alzheimer's Research UK alzheimersresearchuk.orgregister id CCEW 1077089; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 55 No 32
Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association Limited placesforpeoplescotland.co.ukregister id OSCR SC006035; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 66 No 1
Plan International UK plan-uk.orgregister id CCEW 276035; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 50 Gated 32
Stephen Taylor Foundation no website on recordregister id CCEW 1168032; the register gives no website — No —
The Royal Academy of Engineering raeng.org.ukregister id CCEW 293074; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 50 No 32
BBC Children in Need bbc.co.ukregister id CCEW 802052; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; the register gives www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey; cut to the site root 46 Gated 32
Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability rhn.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 205907; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Selwood Housing Society Limited selwoodhousing.comblockedregister id CCEW 1141124; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
CDP Worldwide cdp.netregister id CCEW 1122330; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 62 Gated 32
Fitzroy Support fitzroy.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1011290; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The Donkey Sanctuary thedonkeysanctuary.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1207593; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The James Hutton Institute hutton.ac.ukregister id OSCR SC041796; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 55 Gated 32
Breast Cancer Now breastcancernow.orgregister id CCEW 1160558; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 71 No 32
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service ucas.comregister id CCEW 1024741; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 47 No 32
Inspiring Scotland inspiringscotland.org.ukregister id OSCR SC039605; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 65 No 32
Teach First teachfirst.org.ukregister id CCEW 1098294; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 No 32
Southbank Centre southbankcentre.co.ukblockedregister id CCEW 298909; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Farmland Reserve UK Limited no website on recordregister id CCEW 274605; the register gives no website — No —
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru arts.walesregister id CCEW 1034245; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 61 Gated 32
The Charities Property Fund cpfund.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1080290; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Clanmil Housing Association Limited clanmil.orgregister id CCNI NIC103840; address from Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 59 No 1
Hestia Housing and Support hestia.orgregister id CCEW 294555; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 51 Gated 32
St Anne's Community Services st-annes.org.ukregister id CCEW 502224; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 53 Gated 32
The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation albertgubayfoundation.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1193970; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 401 (Cloudflare) — No —
Medical Aid for Palestinians map-uk.orgregister id CCEW 1045315; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 67 No 1
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development cafod.org.ukregister id CCEW 1160384; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 49 No 32
Mary's Meals International Organisation marysmeals.orgregister id OSCR SC045223; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 66 No 32
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat International amjinternational.orgregister id CCEW 1102949; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 55 No 31
Real Life Options reallifeoptions.orgblockedregister id CCEW 1156258; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 401 (Cloudflare) — No —
Nesta nesta.org.ukregister id CCEW 1144091; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 63 No 32
St Monica Trust stmonicatrust.org.ukregister id CCEW 202151; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 66 No 32
Caledonia Housing Association Limited caledoniaha.co.ukregister id OSCR SC013988; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; the register gives https://www.caledoniaha.co.uk/our-documents/; cut to the site root 56 No 32
Motability motabilityfoundation.org.ukregister id CCEW 299745; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 72 No 32
Virunga Foundation virunga.orgregister id CCEW 1111806; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 42 No 32
The Royal College of General Practitioners rcgp.org.ukregister id CCEW 223106; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 64 Gated 32
Quarriers quarriers.org.ukregister id OSCR SC001960; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 57 Gated 32
Compassion UK Christian Child Development compassionuk.orgregister id CCEW 1077216; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 No 32
National Centre for Social Research natcen.ac.ukregister id CCEW 1091768; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 67 No 32
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development cipd.orgregister id CCEW 1079797; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 73 No 32
Trinity College London trinitycollege.comregister id CCEW 1014792; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 46 Gated 32
The Victoria Foundation thevictoriafoundation.org.ukregister id CCEW 292841; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 57 No 32
Victim Support victimsupport.org.ukregister id CCEW 298028; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 65 No 32
The Pirbright Institute pirbright.ac.ukregister id CCEW 228824; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 71 No 32
UK DRI Ltd ukdri.ac.ukregister id CCEW 1179589; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 73 No 32
The Education Endowment Foundation educationendowmentfoundation.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 1142111; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
The Methodist Church in Great Britain methodist.org.ukregister id CCEW 1132208; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 No 32
Start Network startnetwork.orgunreachableregister id CCEW 1159483; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it — No —
Coastline Housing Limited coastlinehousing.co.ukregister id CCEW 1066916; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 Gated 32
The Fremantle Trust fremantletrust.orgregister id CCEW 1014986; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 57 No 1
Coleg Sir Gar colegsirgar.ac.ukregister id CCEW 1152522; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 54 Gated 1
Cornerstone Community Care cornerstone.org.ukregister id OSCR SC004780; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 41 Gated 32
Parkinson's Disease Society of the United Kingdom parkinsons.org.ukregister id CCEW 258197; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 67 No 32
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music abrsm.orgblockedregister id CCEW 292182; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Charity Projects comicrelief.comregister id CCEW 326568; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 57 No 32
United Synagogue theus.org.ukregister id CCEW 242552; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 42 Gated 32
Paul Hamlyn Foundation phf.org.ukregister id CCEW 1102927; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 73 No 32
St Andrews Links Trust standrews.comregister id OSCR SC006161; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 32 Gated 32
Blue Cross bluecross.org.ukblockedregister id CCEW 224392; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Bield Housing & Care bield.co.ukregister id OSCR SC006878; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 52 Gated 32
The Suttie Foundation no website on recordregister id OSCR SC053301; the register gives no website — No —
Brunelcare brunelcare.org.ukregister id CCEW 201555; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 56 No 32
National Star Foundation nationalstar.orgregister id CCEW 220239; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 62 No 32
Acis Group Limited acisgroup.co.ukregister id CCEW 1141067; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 57 No 32
NCFE ncfe.org.ukregister id CCEW 1034808; address from Charity Commission for England and Wales register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 43 No 32
Postcode International Trust postcodeinternationaltrust.org.ukregister id OSCR SC044835; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 69 No 14
Postcode Support Trust postcodesupporttrust.org.ukregister id OSCR SC045861; address from Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator register (high confidence), not checked by loading it 69 No 14

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.