Delivery format
Data is delivered in three pipeline-ready formats: Parquet, zstd-compressed CSV (.csv.zst) and zstd-compressed JSON Lines (.json.zst).
Files are converted from the Charity Commission's daily ZIP deliveries into formats suited to streaming ingestion and analytical workloads.
Access & pricing
All charity datasets are free to download without authentication. Direct public URLs are provided for use in pipelines and terminal downloads.
The core Charity table is the essential starting point; all other tables link back to it.
Core Charity Master Data
The foundational register record for every charity. All other tables link back to these entries.
Charity
charity
Core overview including registration, status, contact details, basic financials and key attributes. Approximately 400,000 charities including parent and child organisations.
Financial & Reporting History
Annual return submissions and detailed financial breakdowns.
Annual return history
charity_annual_return_history
Submission history of annual returns with key dates and high-level finances.
Annual return Part A
charity_annual_return_parta
Detailed Part A financials: income, expenditure, fundraising, staff salaries and related metrics.
Annual return Part B
charity_annual_return_partb
Detailed Part B financials for larger charities: full income and expenditure breakdown, assets, liabilities and reserves.
Governance & Structure
Trustees, governing documents and registered policies.
Trustees
charity_trustee
Current trustees, chairs and appointment details.
Governing documents
charity_governing_document
Governing documents, charitable objects and area of benefit.
Policies
charity_policy
Registered policies in place.
Operations & Purpose
What charities do, who they help and where they operate.
Classifications
charity_classification
What the charity does, who it helps and how, via activity classifications.
Areas of operation
charity_area_of_operation
Geographic areas of operation.
Regulatory & Compliance
Reports, regulators and historical events.
Published reports
charity_published_report
Published reports, inquiries and warnings.
Other regulators
charity_other_regulators
Other regulators overseeing the charity.
Event history
charity_event_history
Historical events such as registrations, removals and transfers.
Identifiers & Aliases
Working names, previous names and other identifiers.
Other names
charity_other_names
Working and previous names.