Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Charity Commission for
England and Wales
Welsh: Comisiwn Elusennau Cymru a Lloegr
Non-ministerial government department overview
Formed1853 (1853)
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Headquarters102 Petty France, London
Employees511
Annual budget£32.35 million (2022–2023)
Non-ministerial government department executives
  • David Holdsworth, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mark Simms, Interim Chair
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission

The Charity Commission for England and Wales (Welsh: Comisiwn Elusennau Cymru a Lloegr) is the statutory regulator of registered charities in England and Wales. It maintains the public register of charities and oversees compliance with charity law.

The Commission is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government that regulates registered charities in England and Wales and maintains the Central Register of Charities. Its counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland are the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.

The commission has four sites in London, Taunton, Liverpool and Newport. Its website lists the latest annual reports submitted by charities in England and Wales.

During the financial year 2022–2023, the Commission regulated £88 billion of charity income and £85 billion of charity spend.

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