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Should I use Findthatcharity?

Find charities. Database of UK charity and non-profit organisation data. - findthatcharity.uk

· 6 days ago

Buy (it is free) if you research UK charities — grantmakers, journalists, and academics get 423k+ records, bulk downloads, and ID reconciliation. Do not buy into it as a CRM or vendor relationship; it is a data utility, not a managed product.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources. Strong official and academic evidence; no independent user reviews found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security postureNo public security evidence either way

Pricing

Free

Free public access

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • UK grantmakers doing due diligence
  • Researchers needing bulk charity data
  • Journalists and OSINT verification
  • Fundraisers cleaning charity name lists

Not for

  • Anyone wanting a CRM — no contacts, pipelines, or donor management
  • Non-UK charity research — UK coverage only
  • Teams needing SLAs or enterprise vendor support
  • Buyers wanting polished onboarding — it is a utility, not a suite

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Solo maintainer — roadmap, uptime, and fixes depend on one person

low

Login required for some features like charity document search

low

No published price list; some dashboard services reference custom pricing

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Covers 423,069 UK charities in one searchable database
  • Free CSV downloads of any search results
  • Open source, self-hostable code on GitHub
  • Cited in peer-reviewed studies and official reports
  • OpenRefine reconciliation cleans messy charity name lists

Cons

  • Not a CRM — pure data lookup, no contact management
  • UK charities only; no overseas coverage
  • One-person project (© David Kane); no enterprise support

Sources & method

- 10 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x5security x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free public data, open source code
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Simple name search, guided tutorials exist
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Bulk CSV, reconciliation, dashboards
  • Support quality: 2/5. Solo maintainer, no formal support
  • Security posture. No public security evidence either way
  • 423,069 Charity records UK charities listed
  • 660,000+ Non-profits covered incl. non-charities, 2020 relaunch
  • Yes Free tier Public lookup and CSV downloads
  • Yes Open source kanedata/find-that-charity on GitHub

Pricing

Free public access

Free

  • Search 423k+ charity records
  • Bulk CSV downloads
  • OpenRefine reconciliation

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

No independent user reviews located; third-party usage appears mainly in academic citations, funder directories, and Wikidata references.

Companies that use it

  • 360Giving³
  • Wikidata⁹
  • World Happiness Report
  • Inside Impact (Weston Charity Awards evaluation)
  • University of Manchester
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources. Strong official and academic evidence; no independent user reviews found.

Free, open-source lookup for 423k UK charities. Great for grantmakers and researchers; useless as a CRM.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources. Strong official and academic evidence; no independent user reviews found.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Find that Charity — official sitefindthatcharity.uk
    official
  2. kanedata/find-that-charity on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  3. 360Giving: data on 660,000 non-profits360giving.org
    official
  4. Introduction to Find that Charity360giving.org
    official
  5. Adding charity details using findthatcharity.ukdkane.net
    review
  6. PLOS One study citing findthatcharityjournals.plos.org
    review
  7. VS data resources — bulk download notevssn.org.uk
    review
  8. Charity classification directory listingcharityclassification.org.uk
    review
  9. Wikidata reference to findthatcharity orgidwikidata.org
    review
  10. Product security pagefindthatcharity.uk
    security

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