UK Charity Sector Insights

Name: UK Charity Database
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Aggregated data and analysis across the entire UK charity sector.

171.4K

Total Charities

£107.2B

Total Income

Sectors

819

Locations

Top Sectors by Total Income

Sector	Charities	CAGR (3yr)	Income	Expenditure	Reserves	Assets
Education/training	62,846	7.0%	£71.8B	£71.8B	£90.9B	£216.9B
General Charitable Purposes	42,258	6.4%	£28.2B	£27.4B	£32.2B	£96.1B
Religious Activities	28,366	6.4%	£14.3B	£14.0B	£15.1B	£66.1B
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty	24,427	5.8%	£25.7B	£25.1B	£22.7B	£64.0B
Arts/culture/heritage/science	22,786	7.6%	£16.5B	£17.0B	£49.7B	£90.3B
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives	21,395	6.0%	£35.6B	£37.3B	£62.2B	£124.5B
Disability	20,215	7.0%	£21.8B	£21.2B	£19.9B	£48.9B
Amateur Sport	19,364	6.9%	£7.1B	£6.7B	£4.9B	£16.3B
Economic/community Development/employment	16,843	6.2%	£18.8B	£18.3B	£14.0B	£40.7B
Recreation	14,200	7.1%	£5.7B	£5.4B	£4.1B	£12.0B
Environment/conservation/heritage	13,002	6.0%	£13.4B	£13.3B	£16.6B	£49.6B
Other Charitable Purposes	11,423	7.1%	£12.5B	£12.9B	£10.1B	£38.2B
Overseas Aid/famine Relief	7,031	4.4%	£11.2B	£11.5B	£7.5B	£24.5B
Accommodation/housing	6,337	6.2%	£14.4B	£14.3B	£25.3B	£38.5B
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity	5,614	7.8%	£5.2B	£5.1B	£4.9B	£11.9B
Animals	3,596	5.0%	£3.2B	£3.3B	£3.6B	£7.4B
Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency	820	6.3%	£819.6M	£797.4M	£1.9B	£3.5B