Charity Register Check
1 credit / callIs this a registered charity, is it in good standing, and what do its accounts say.
Registered or removed, since when and why; CIO or charitable company and its company number; insolvency and interim-manager flags; reporting status; latest income and spend with six years of history; what it does, for whom, where; trustee count; objects and other regulators.
Grant-makers, councils, corporate partners and suppliers all ask the same first questions of a charity: is it on the Charity Commission's register today, since when, is it a CIO or a charitable company (and under which company number), are its accounts in, is it insolvent or under an interim manager, how big is it and which way is its income going, what does it do and for whom, and how many trustees does it have. The register answers all of that, one screen at a time. This endpoint reads it live in one call: by charity number, by company number (matched through the Companies House number the register itself holds), or by name; with up to six years of income and spend broken down (government contracts and grants, donations and legacies, charitable activities, fundraising and governance costs), its classification, areas of operation, governing document and objects, and any other regulator it answers to. Trustees are counted, never named.
what you’d build with it
Grant and funding due diligence
Registered, accounts in, no interim manager, income trend over six years: the first screen of any grant assessment, as JSON.
Corporate partnerships and payroll giving
Before a partnership or a donation page goes live: the charity exists, under this number, and this is its real name.
Suppliers and councils
A charity as a customer or a contractor: its size, its government income, and whether it is in good standing.
example response
{
"query": "263710",
"registered": true,
"summary": "SHELTER, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE LIMITED is a registered charity (no. 263710) since 1972-03-16, a charitable company; latest income £77.0m (year to 2025-03-31).",
"charities": [{ "charityNumber": 263710, "name": "SHELTER, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE LIMITED", "status": "registered", "companyNumber": "01038133", "reportingStatus": "Submission Received", "latestAccounts": { "yearEnd": "2025-03-31", "income": 76960000, "expenditure": 79906000 }, "trustees": { "count": 11, "hasChair": false, "latestAppointment": "2026-09-23" } }]
}Abbreviated. The full example, every endpoint and runnable code are in the implementation guide above; the integration pack downloads beside it. No account needed to read any of it.
Why developers pick it
Matched to the company
A charitable company is found by its Companies House number, through the number the register itself records: never a look-alike name.
The whole register entry in one read
Details, trustees, six years of accounts, governing document and other regulators are five screens on the register and one call here.
Counted, not named
Trustees are a count and a chair flag. The register's people stay on the register.
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