What this is built from
Public information. Every figure carries the source it came from.
The sources
| Source | What it supplies |
|---|---|
| UK Community Foundations’ network page | Which community foundations there are, their addresses and websites, and the region each is filed under. |
| Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 | The counties and unitary authorities of England and Wales, as the census publishes them, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| Charity Commission for England and Wales | What each charity is for, who for and how, where it says it operates, and its latest income, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| Companies House | Legal form and company type, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | The English indices of deprivation 2025, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| Office for National Statistics | Which area a postcode is in, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. |
What the register cannot say
43 of the 48 community foundations belong to a charity on the register for England and Wales. Two are Scottish and Northern Irish, on their own registers; the rest are named differently on the list and on the register and are left unmatched rather than guessed at.
What this will not do
- It does not contact anybody. Nothing here has been sent to any of the community foundations.
- No telephone numbers, no personal email addresses and no full postcodes. Each one’s own website is here, because a website is a route to an organisation.
- Nothing is scored and nobody is ranked. There is no good and bad one on this site, and no figure here is divided by any one charity’s income or the people it works with.
- No claim wider than what was counted. “Neither record shows a community foundation here” is a fact about two records. “Groups here cannot get a local grant” is a claim about the world, and nothing here is in a position to make it.
How current this is
Nothing here is typed in or kept up by hand. Every page is produced from the sources above, and carries the date it was made. The count of local charities is from the latest extract of the Charity Commission register; the list of foundations was read the day this was made.