Research: Charity Commission casework and registrations data 2026 to 2027

This report contains the Charity Commission’s registration and casework figures for April to June 2026. The release covers key areas of the regulator’s work throughout the period, including registrations and register information, regulatory action cases, statutory inquiries figures and ‘Revitalising Trusts’ cases.

The Charity Commission is the registrar and regulator of charities in England and Wales. Parliament has given us five statutory objectives which are to:

There were 171,539 charities on the register at the end of June 2026 with a total annual income of £108.5 billion and a total expenditure of £108.2 billion.

The register of charities contains an up-to-date sector overview.

The ‘Revitalising Trusts’ programme supports charities that have spent less than 30% of their income in the past 5 years. The programme helps charities in situations where it is hard for the charity to:

To ensure the charity’s funds are spent effectively, charities can:

Cases closed refer to charities spending funds effectively in any of the ways outlined above. The amount revitalised specifically refers to the transfer of assets to another charity.

Regulatory authority casework is a statutory function of the Commission, which encourages and facilitates the better administration of charities. As part of this work, the Commission considers applications from trustees seeking its consent to take certain actions, including to: