Charities

[Coldicote]

There’s a mass of information about charities on the internet, but the answer to my question in not easy to find – how many registered charities are there in the UK – many thousands of them it seems? Their collection bags or callers with money boxes are frequent and I sometimes make a donation, but don’t know what they actually do with the money raised. Is it really necessary for there to be so many charities? Couldn’t some of them be combined?

[wolf63]

Have a little look at this site and see if it can help you http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx

[Tuvok]

My work is a Registered Charity - but we are not a charity as per PDSA, Red Cross etc.!

Take a look at

http://www.oscr.org.uk

and see how may are registered in Scotland!

[mikey4444]

I work for a registered Charity as well. I give to the Dogs Trust, as we have a place here in South Wales, where you can see the work that they do. I was also cornered by the MacMillan Nurses, after a friends died of cancer.

If I see the Boy Scouts or Army Cadets collecting, I always put something in the tin.