The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales
Latest Quarterly Facts & Figures for 2008
During March 2008, 364 charities were registered. Of these 357 were "main" charities and 7 were subsidiaries. This brings the total of charities registered for 2008 to 1289.
At the end of March 2008, there were 190,387 charities on our Register. Of these, 21,054 were subsidiaries or constituents of other charities. This means that there were 169,333 "main" charities on the Register that are required to prepare accounts. This figure includes 2,480 "group" charities. Group charities are separate charities but share the same registered number because they have been grouped together for ease of administration.
The Register showed that at the end of the 1st quarter, the total annual income of "main" registered charities was £45.910 billion.
When this income is broken down by individual charities we find that many are very small organisations indeed, and that the financial wealth of registered charities, measured by their annual income, is concentrated in just a few very large charities. This is demonstrated in the following figures:
| Annual income bracket (£) | Number of main charities | % of registered main charities Graph |
Total annual income (£bn) of charities in each bracket | % income of registered main charities Graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £0-1,000 |
35,491 |
20.96% |
0.007 bn |
0.01% |
| £1,001-10,000 |
58,749 |
34.70% |
0.272 bn |
0.59% |
| £10,001-100,000 |
49,812 |
29.42% |
1.714 bn |
3.73% |
| £100,001-250,000 |
10,910 |
6.44% |
1.752 bn |
3.81% |
| £250,001-1million |
8,822 |
5.20% |
4.360 bn |
9.50% |
| £1m-5m |
4,028 |
2.38% |
8.712 bn |
18.98% |
| £5m-10m |
815 |
0.48% |
5.781 bn |
12.60% |
| £10m and over |
706 |
0.42% |
23.312 bn |
50.78% |
| Total |
169,333 |
100.00% |
45.910 bn |
100.00% |