What we do

We register and regulate charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.

Read more about what we do

Documents

Our announcements

  1. Commission finds misconduct due to deficient safeguarding procedures

    • Press release

  2. Charity coalition focus on leadership development for Trustees’ Week 2016

    • Press release

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Consultation on official warnings to charities and trustees

    • Closed consultation

  2. Consultation on updating the framework for independent examination

    • Open consultation

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. The Halo Initiative: Inquiry report

    • Decision

  2. Bristol Community Church Trust: Inquiry report

    • Decision

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Charity register statistics

    • Official Statistics

See all our statistics

Our management

Contact Charity Commission

Support for online forms

Use this service if you are experiencing technical problems with an annual return, a registration application or using one of our web forms. Complete the contact form to request a call back for assistance. Please note, we cannot talk you through a form or provide password information.

Complain about a charity

What to do if a charity won't deal with your complaint, or if you suspect illegal activity like terrorism or abuse.

Report a serious incident

Use this service if you are a trustee of a registered charity and you want to report a serious incident in your charity.
The commission will let you know it’s received your report and will assess how you are dealing with the incident. It will contact you again if it:

• needs more information about the incident
• has to give you regulatory advice and guidance
• has to use its legal powers to protect your charity

Whistleblowing

Use this service if you are a paid charity employee or adviser and you want to report suspected wrongdoing in the organisation you work for.
Read our guidance Whistleblowing: guidance for charity employees (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/whistleblowing-guidance-for-charity-employees)

General enquiries

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information.