Does anyone know where I can look up the accounts of a registered charity?
Not the most vital of questions to be sure, but I’m just interested to see where a charity/quango gets its money from. I’ve got the identifying number of it….does that give me access to a database where I can see the accounts?
4 responses so far ↓
1 Lusakajoe // Nov 12, 2008 at 10:24 am
Go to the first page of the charity commission website, put in the number and you will be taken to records filed for the charity – easy really – a functioning government system (!)
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/
2 Silas // Nov 12, 2008 at 10:33 am
I think the following link should help, assuming they’re registered correctly
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/accountsonline.asp
Tim adds: Thanks very much for that, just what I was looking for. The specific charity I was looking at is brand new, so no accounts yet, but that site will come in useful in the future.
3 Liam // Nov 12, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Most if not all charities are incoporated companies. The best way to get information on any company is to go to Companies House online:
Use webcheck to find the name and then order information on the company: annual reports, directors, accounts etc. Link to webcheck below:-
http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/441d6f8d49f8dd10b78b32c7a4edf0c0/wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo
4 David Kiltie // Nov 13, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Go to http://www.guidestar.org.uk. This gives info on all charities, though it is subject to some controversy within th charity sector.
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