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Charities MCP Reference

Fetch a Charity Commission record by registered number or search by name, status, type, postcode, registration date, and income, with annual-return history and Companies House linkage where available. Data is sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales and reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Each call costs 10 credits. It is read-only and idempotent.

Tool Description Parameters
lookup_charity Look up a Charity Commission register record by registered number, or search charities by name, status, postcode area, and type. registered_charity_number integer
name string
status string
postcode_area string
charity_type string

Related Resources

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Related Prompts

Prompt Description
charity-due-diligence Review a UK charity's register status, latest reported income, charitable-company identity, and filing compliance.

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Data Coverage

Source: Charity Commission Public Register extract.

Coverage: Registered, removed, and linked Charity Commission records for England and Wales, plus annual-return history, refreshed from the daily extract.

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.

Caveats: England and Wales only; postcode is a contact address, financial values are submitted accounts, and removed/linked charities remain in the source.