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Introduction to Find that Charity

Find that Charity is an independently run tool for exploring non-profit organisations in the UK. It contains information about over 400,000 UK charitable organisations. 

The data comes from the three main regulators of charities in the UK: Charity Commission for England and Wales (CCE&W), Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI). Each charity has its own page.

You can also explore other UK non-profit organisations, such as Community Interest Companies, Registered Societies, Universities, Local Authorities, Sports Clubs and NHS Bodies. Data on other UK non-profit organisations comes from official regulators of those organisations, such as Companies House.

When to use this guide

  • Find non-profit organisations by name
  • Find out information about charitable organisations from all the UK charity regulators
  • Find organisations that are linked
  • Find the best official Organisational Identifier for a charitable organisation

What you’ll get

  • A list of organisations matching your search criteria.
  • A page for each organisation showing:
    • The best organisation identifier to use
    • ‘Also known as’ names
    • Linked records, ie, company number for a registered charity or groups of organisations
    • Data about each organisation

What you’ll need

  • A charitable organisation name or charity number

Steps

Visit FindThatCharity.

Type in the name of the organisation you want to find in the search bar and select search.

Tip: You can restrict your search to different types of organisations using the drop-down list if you need to be specific, but for most cases, you can leave the default ‘All organisation types’ selected.

2. Review and refine your results

The results page will display any organisations that match your search criteria.

If your results have matched multiple organisations, you can use the filters on the right-hand side to help refine your search

3. Download your results (optional)

You can also download your search results as a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file by selecting ‘Download as CSV’. You can open CSV files in Microsoft Excel and other common spreadsheet software.

4. Explore an organisation

Select an organisation by clicking on the names for the results page. The organisation pages show lots of useful information, including:

  • Active status
  • Type of organisation
  • Best organisation identifier to use (note: this is great for choosing the best identifier for recipient organisations in your 360Giving grants data!)
  • Also known as names and identifiers, eg, company numbers and other organisations that are linked to the organisation
  • Website links
  • Regulator data eg, income, expenditure, employees, etc.
  • Grants received based on 360Giving data

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