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as at 27 September 2026

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34,256 charities work on the prevention or relief of poverty

That is 19.9% of the register. Together they report £25.5bn of income, and 2,185 (6.4%) 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 The Ormiston Trust 1164358 £436.9m
3 Oasis Charitable Trust 1026487 £344.5m
4 Barnardo's 216250 £340.3m
5 Change, Grow, Live 1079327 £339.7m
6 Oxfam 202918 £339.4m
7 The Salvation Army 214779 £338.3m
8 Msi Reproductive Choices 265543 £309.5m
9 The British Red Cross Society 220949 £293.5m
10 The Shaw Trust Limited 287785 £291.1m
11 Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind 207544 £283.8m
12 The Save the Children Fund 213890 £262.5m
13 Macmillan Cancer Support 261017 £245.5m
14 The Salvation Army Social Work Trust 215174 £239.7m
15 Islamic Relief Worldwide 328158 £239.0m
16 The Archbishops' Council 1074857 £234.9m
17 Stewardship Services (Uket) Limited 234714 £170.9m
18 The Royal British Legion 219279 £168.5m
19 The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux 279057 £167.8m
20 The Halo Trust 1001813 £165.6m
21 Ubs Optimus Foundation UK 1153537 £157.0m
22 Walsall Housing Group Limited 1108779 £155.4m
23 The Master Charitable Trust 1139904 £155.3m
24 Denise Coates Foundation 1149110 £144.0m
25 International Medical Corps (UK) 1093861 £136.4m
26 The United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF 1072612 £135.3m
27 Age UK 1128267 £131.8m
28 The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals 208217 £126.2m
29 ST Mungo Community Housing Association 1149085 £124.0m
30 HCT Group 1091318 £123.7m
31 The CH Foundation (UK) 1156222 £119.3m
32 International Rescue Committee, U.K 1065972 £104.1m
33 The Greencliffe Foundation Ltd 1196347 £101.8m
34 The Mines Advisory Group 1083008 £99.3m
35 The Gatsby Charitable Foundation 251988 £95.5m
36 Wateraid 288701 £92.1m
37 Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) 266518 £91.3m
38 Masonic Charitable Foundation 1164703 £90.8m
39 Human Appeal 1154288 £90.2m
40 Sickle Cell Care Manchester 1162402 £88.9m

Every cause

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