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title: "UK charity research and open evidence | CharityCompare"
description: "Original CharityCompare research using official register data."
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Research and open evidence

# Understand the charity register

Original analysis of published data, with the population, dates and limitations made explicit. These reports describe the register; they do not rank charities by impact.

## [How complete is financial disclosure?](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/research/financial-data-coverage)

Examine reported fundraising costs, programme spending and institutional grants in the refreshed rated dataset.

[Read the research](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/research/financial-data-coverage)

## [How current are charity accounts in the register?](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/research/register-data-quality)

Measure missing dates, older accounts and explicit zero figures, with definitions and a reproducible dataset.

[Read the research](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/research/register-data-quality)

## [How large are registered charities?](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/research/charity-income-distribution)

Explore the distribution of latest reported income in England and Wales, without confusing mixed financial years with a sector-wide annual total.

[Read the research](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/research/charity-income-distribution)

[Open data and API](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/data) · [Editorial policy and corrections](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/editorial-policy) · [Profile evidence pilot](https://charitycompare.pages.dev/research/evidence-pilot)