The figures are based on the annual gross income reported by charities in their annual returns. Annual gross income differs from the total incoming resources reported in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) prepared by charities in the following ways:

• gross income is used to determine reporting and scrutiny requirements in accordance with charity law
• prior to 2008, gross income excluded newly endowed resource, gains or losses on disposals of ‘own use’ assets during the year and the financial activity of subsidiaries
• from 2008 onwards, because of the advent of group accounts, the definition of gross income was changed to bring it more closely into line with the total incoming resources reported in the SOFA and in particular to include the financial activity of subsidiaries and any gains or losses on disposal of own use assets

The change of definition described above will mean that the income figures displayed on this page from 2009 onwards will not be directly comparable to the historic figures shown. During the transition the figures displayed will be based on a mix of the old and new definitions.

At an aggregate level the total income figures for all registered charities inevitably includes an element of double counting. Double counting arises when resources are transferred between charities and counted in both.

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Search the register of charities to view charity sector data graphically, by income size or main income source. Tailor your results by adding or removing categories.

Charities with out-of-date details

View details by postcode area of http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/defaulters.aspx">charities which have not yet completed their annual returns and/or submitted accounts.

This series contains information on tax reliefs for charities and charitable giving, covering a range of taxes. Data is derived from HM Revenue and Customs’ administrative records, together with a statutory collection for Payroll Giving. More information is given in the statistical release.

Tables 1, 2 and 6 are https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/accredited-official-statistics/">Accredited Official Statistics: this is the new name for National Statistics. Tables 3 to 5 are Official Statistics: this has not changed. There are no other major changes to the way we publish these statistics since the previous update.

Most tables in this release are time series covering the last ten years or so. If you want to find these statistics as we published or updated them previously, you can visit https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/collections/charitable-donations-and-tax-reliefs-statistics">charitable donations and tax reliefs at the National Archives website to view all editions since December 2013.

If you want to find statistics published between 2006 and 2013, you can visit https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/http://hmrc.gov.uk/stats/charities/menu.htm">charities at the National Archive.

To find an old publication at the National Archives, click the year it was published. Click on any date displayed to see our statistics as they were published at the time.

Charities registered in England or Wales must send an annual return to the Commission or report their income and spending every year.

The data includes income, expenditure and reserves for registered charities in England and Wales as well as volunteer numbers.

About

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport provides funding to the 15 sponsored museums and other cultural institutions through charitable giving and Grant-in-Aid. This report presents the total amount of charitable giving to DCMS-funded cultural institutions and the ratio of charitable giving to Grant-in-Aid.

The cultural institutions included in this year’s measure are, Arts Council England and their National Portfolio Organisations and Major Partner Museums (formerly known as regularly funded organisations), British Film Institute, British Library and the 15 sponsored museums.

Released

7 November 2017

Period covered

April 2016 to March 2017

Next update

Autumn 2018

Geographic coverage

England

Pre-release access

The pre-release access document contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Sponsored Museums: Performance Indicators. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009) produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The responsible statistician for this release is Wilmah Deda. For enquiries on this release please contact Wilmah Deda on 020 7211 6376 or Olivia Christophersen on 020 711 2377.

For any other enquiries regarding these figures, please email us at evidence@culture.gov.uk.

The charitable giving questions in the Taking Part Survey asks respondents whether they have donated money in the last 12 months and the frequency of charitable giving. Also, the data tables provide an area-level and demographic breakdown of the proportion of respondents who donated to at least one DCMS sector in the last 12 months.

Analysis of charities subject to monitoring for 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.

Background

The Community Life Survey collects information about whether adults (16+) have volunteered and given to charitable causes.

The Office for Civil Society (OCS) within DCMS aims to empower citizens to take part and to make it as compelling and easy as possible to give something back, enabling citizens to help to improve their lives, support others, and solve the problems that are important in their communities in whatever way they can.

This section provides headline data measuring engagement in formal and informal volunteering, reasons for and barriers to volunteering, as well as charitable giving behaviours and views. The data looks at engagement over time, and differences in engagement between demographic groups.

Headline measures – 2019/20

• 64% of respondents have volunteered in any way in the last 12 months, and 39% at least once a month.
• 75% of respondents have given to charitable causes in the last 4 weeks.

Further data

• Information about volunteering in DCMS sectors, as well as charitable giving is also collected in the DCMS ‘Taking Part Survey’. Volunteering and charitable giving results will vary between Taking Part and Community Life Survey. This is likely due to differences in the methods of collection and question phrasing.
• In May 2019, DCMS published ‘Community Life Survey and Taking Part Survey 2017-18: Focus on volunteering by age and gender’. This report combines data from the Taking Part and Community Life surveys to explore experiences of volunteering by gender and age.

This background quality report relates to the official statistics publication UK charity tax relief statistics. Its purpose is to provide users with information about the quality of the outputs as set out by the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Analysis of charities subject to a new inquiry for 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.