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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This statement explains how compliant our website is with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA standard.
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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: thank you

Thank you for making a report to the Fundraising Regulator. Your information will be sent through to our casework team to be assessed. We will aim to contact you within 14 working days to discuss the ...
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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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Access your FPS suppressions

The Code of Fundraising Practice specifies that charities must stop sending direct marketing communications to individuals after an FPS request has been received. If you do not stop these types of com...
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Manage unwanted charity communications

The Fundraising Preference Service is a free service, run by the Fundraising Regulator, that can help you or someone you know to end contact with charities that you no longer want to hear from.
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Fundraising Preference Service

The Fundraising Preference Service is a free service, run by the Fundraising Regulator, that can help you or someone you know to end contact with charities that you no longer want to hear from. The...
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The Fundraising Regulator is a registered company limited by guarantee in England and Wales, which is governed by articles of association.
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