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22/08/2018 1 THE CHARITIES REGISTER

How to find information about registered charities

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WELCOME

Andrew Phillips will present the webinar on the Searching the Register today.

INTRODUCTION LOGISTICS

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22/08/2018 2 What is the register?

• List of all registered charities
• Purpose of transparency
• Registration is voluntary
• Rich source of data about charities

Who would use the register?

• People who donate
• Members of charities or users of charities funds
• Other charities
• People who are applying for charities funds
• People thinking of starting up a charity
• Government
• Researchers
• Journalists
• The curious

What the register is not

• Being registered isn’t a guarantee
• Check each charity carefully
• Donee status is on Inland Revenue’s website
• The self reporting isn’t always right

22/08/2018 3 How to get to the register More questions?