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Standards: All fundraising
1. Behaviour when fundraising
2. Responsibilities of charitable institutions and those who govern them
3. Processing personal data (information)
4. Processing donations
Standards: Working with others
5. Volunteers
6. Fundraising involving children
7. Professional fundraisers, commercial participators and partners
Standards: Specific fundraising methods
8. Collecting money or other property
9. Fundraising communications and advertisements
10. Digital
11. Events
12. Lotteries, prize competitions and free draws
13. Grant-making bodies (including trusts and foundations)
14. Payroll giving and post-tax salary donations
15. Legacies
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Business plan 2023/24
Our 2023/24 business plan sets 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...
How to complete the code consultation
The consultation covers the entire Code of Fundraising Practice however, you are welcome to respond to as many or as few proposals as you like.
Code Advice Service
The Code Advice Service allows you to contact the Fundraising Regulator with specific questions about the Code of Fundraising Practice and how it applies to your fundraising activity. The service is o...
Legal note
We are currently reviewing the Code of Fundraising Practice and will not be updating the current code standards during this period, unless essential. Some standards may be affected by changes to UK la...
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.
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.
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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.
Charity registration form
Charity registration form
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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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...
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...
Corporate publications
We publish our annual reports and accounts, business plans and strategic plans in order to be open and accountable about our work.
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 ...
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.
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...
Updates to the Code of Fundraising Practice
This page lists the updates made to the Code of Fundraising Practice.
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...
Annual event
The Fundraising Regulator’s next annual event is taking place on Tuesday 12 March 2024.
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Fundraising Code
Using the code
Standards: All fundraising
Behaviour when fundraising
Responsibilities of charitable institutions and those who govern them
Processing personal data (information)
Processing donations
Standards: Working with others
Volunteers
Fundraising involving children
Professional fundraisers, commercial participators and partners
Standards: Specific fundraising methods
Collecting money or other property
Fundraising communications and advertisements
Digital
Events
Lotteries, prize competitions and free draws
Grant-making bodies (including trusts and foundations)
Payroll giving and post-tax salary donations
Legacies
Index
Glossary
Complaints
Make a complaint
Complaints form
Investigations
Annual Complaints Report
Other organisations that can help
Registration
Charity registration
Non charity registration
Our fee structure
Log in
Guidance
Search our guidance
Fundraising topics
Code Advice Service
Proactive regulation
Webinars
Directory
FPS
Manage your communications
Access your suppressions
View FPS code breaches
More
Annual event
Annual report
About us
Get involved
Latest news
Resource library
Self-reporting
Contact us
Work for us
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