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as at 27 September 2026

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21,126 charities work on economic/community development/employment

That is 12.3% of the register. Together they report £18.5bn of income, and 1,400 (6.6%) are behind with their accounts. A charity can list several purposes, so it can appear under more than one.

The largest, by income

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 Save the Children International 1076822 £1.1bn
2 Oasis Charitable Trust 1026487 £344.5m
3 The Salvation Army 214779 £338.3m
4 The Shaw Trust Limited 287785 £291.1m
5 Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind 207544 £283.8m
6 Royal Mencap Society 222377 £244.4m
7 The Salvation Army Social Work Trust 215174 £239.7m
8 Islamic Relief Worldwide 328158 £239.0m
9 The Archbishops' Council 1074857 £234.9m
10 Canal & River Trust 1146792 £232.6m
11 Social Investment Business Foundation 1117185 £188.5m
12 Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation 211775 £182.1m
13 The Royal British Legion 219279 £168.5m
14 Waythrough 515755 £165.2m
15 Walsall Housing Group Limited 1108779 £155.4m
16 The Master Charitable Trust 1139904 £155.3m
17 University of Chester 525938 £154.2m
18 Cardiff Metropolitan University 1140762 £148.6m
19 Denise Coates Foundation 1149110 £144.0m
20 International Medical Corps (UK) 1093861 £136.4m
21 The United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF 1072612 £135.3m
22 Church of England Central Services 1155158 £130.7m
23 The Football Foundation 1079309 £128.2m
24 The Royal Horticultural Society 222879 £124.8m
25 HCT Group 1091318 £123.7m
26 The CH Foundation (UK) 1156222 £119.3m
27 International Rescue Committee, U.K 1065972 £104.1m
28 The Mines Advisory Group 1083008 £99.3m
29 The Royal National Institute of Blind People 226227 £95.9m
30 The Gatsby Charitable Foundation 251988 £95.5m
31 Nacro 226171 £90.3m
32 Sickle Cell Care Manchester 1162402 £88.9m
33 We Are with You 1001957 £87.0m
34 Camfed International 1029161 £84.6m
35 Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance 251549 £83.9m
36 Magenta Living 1106969 £82.7m
37 Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited 263710 £77.0m
38 Al-Khair Foundation 1126808 £74.8m
39 Depaul International 1107385 £73.5m
40 Migrant Help 1088631 £69.8m

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