Charity Commission publishes top charities' accounts online
Howard Lake | 20 April 2004 | News
From the beginning of April, members of the public have been able to scrutinise the accounts of over £10 billion of charitable income via the Charity Commission’s Web site.
The Charity Commission has launched its online database of charity accounts and governing documents, starting with those of 300 leading charities in England and Wales. The initiative is an attempt to promote greater transparency and accountability in the sector.
The new database of charity financial information is part of the Charity Commission’s eBusiness strategy that, over the next two years, will enable charities to file their annual returns online and new organisations to register as charities online.
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This first stage is a pilot project. It includes data from 100 charities in Llandudno and Dorking as well as that from the 300 large charities.
The Commission says that this new service will be complementary to that which will be launched by GuideStar UK in April 2005.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.