Charity Commission website improvements
Howard Lake | 21 January 2008 | Blogs
In 2006, I was told that the Charity Commission proposed to improve its website (making it as good as the advanced search facility available via Guidestar UK?). In July 2007, the website relaunch actually saw a search function removed! It wasn’t the most useful function (Area of Operation search), and it was apparently a temporary removal. Well, that search function still isn’t available, and the other search functions that were discussed are still not available. However, a very interesting and useful facility has been added to the website.
If you visit the website (www.charity-commission.gov.uk) and click on the link for “About Registered Charities”, you should notice an option to check out Recently Registered Charities. This enables users to check out charities registered in the last week/month/ quarter. It is well worth checking out, as there are some interesting names on the lists.
For example, The Brelms Trust offers grants to a wide range of charitable interests. The application form can be downloaded from the Trust’s website, and detailed guidelines are also available online.
The Chello Foundation has an interest in Africa, and The Ashmore Foundation looks like it might warrant further investigation.
If you have a very localised geographical focus, it might be worth searching by postcode. However, this might work better on Guidestar UK (http://guidestar.org.uk/), but there is a slight delay in new trusts being added to Guidestar UK.
Go rummage!
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.