Fundraising Regulator statement on modern slavery and human trafficking

This statement sets out the steps that we have taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in our supply chains or in any part of our business.
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Code review 2022-25

Throughout 2022-25 the Fundraising Regulator is carrying out a two-year process of reviewing and updating the Code of Fundraising Practice.
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Business plan 2022/23

Our business plans set out the annual objectives that will allow the Fundraising Regulator to achieve the outcomes in our strategic plan. They include information on our budget, governance and staff s...
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Work for us

Work at the Fundraising Regulator to inform and protect the public and support excellent fundraising standards. Our purpose is to make sure that people can have confidence and trust in fundraisers so ...
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Fundraising Levy

The scheme of voluntary fundraising regulation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland – delivered by the Fundraising Regulator – is mostly funded through a voluntary levy on charitable fundraising org...
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Our fee structure

Any organisation that carries out charitable fundraising in England, Wales or Northern Ireland can apply to register with the Fundraising Regulator. Charity registration fees are scaled on the basis o...
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Non charity registration

Commercial businesses, Community Interest Companies (CICs) and public interest bodies that engage in charitable fundraising can apply to register with the Fundraising Regulator.
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Charity registration form

Charity registration form
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Charity registration

Charities that fundraise in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can apply to register with the Fundraising Regulator. If your charity spends over £100,000 on fundraising each year, we will invite your...
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Fundraising Regulator accessibility statement

This statement explains how compliant our website is with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA standard.
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Fundraising Regulator cookies policy

Our cookies policy sets out how we use cookies, which cookies we consider to be essential and non-essential and how you can opt out of their use.
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Annual report

The financial year 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 was the first of the Fundraising Regulator’s new strategic plan 2022-2027. This year we have been preparing for significant change to ensure we ar...
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Self-reporting form

If you are aware of a known or potential breach of the Code of Fundraising Practice and have the authority to report this on behalf of a charitable fundraising organisation, you can tell the Fundraisi...
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Self-reporting incidents

If you are aware of a known or potential breach of the Code of Fundraising Practice and have the authority to report this on behalf of a charitable fundraising organisation, you can tell the Fundraisi...
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Corporate publications

We publish our annual reports and accounts, business plans and strategic plans in order to be open and accountable about our work.
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Annual Complaints Report

The Fundraising Regulator’s Annual Complaints Report presents insights from our casework alongside complaints reported by a sample of the UK’s largest fundraising charities. This report analyses data ...
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Look out for the Fundraising Badge

Are you thinking of donating to or raising funds for a charity? Look out for the Fundraising Badge. When you see it, you can have confidence in a charity’s fundraising.
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Five years of effective regulation

In 2021 the Fundraising Regulator marks its fifth anniversary of regulating fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We were set up in 2016 to deliver a new, more visible, approach to regul...
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Updates to the Code of Fundraising Practice

This page lists the updates made to the Code of Fundraising Practice.
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Annual review 2019/20

Our reporting year 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020 was like no other. Six months of this report is set during the Coronavirus pandemic, which brought unprecedented challenges to fundraising. This y...
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Annual event

The Fundraising Regulator’s next annual event is taking place on Tuesday 12 March 2024.
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Webinars

To support charities to understand and meet the fundraising standards, the Fundraising Regulator is producing a series of digestible and informative webinars on the Code of Fundraising Practice.
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Guidance

Our guidance provides advice on best practice in fundraising to protect the public and donors, and support the vital work of fundraisers. Below you can search our detailed guidance resources and acces...
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Fundraising Preference Service code breaches

Some charities are breaching the Code of Fundraising Practice by failing to access these requests and suppress people on their marketing databases.
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