Taxpayers charged £1.8 BILLION for these 50 charities

The latest total from my charity spending audit

Readers may know that I keep detailed audits on charity spending in my Resources section (available to Paid Subscribers):

I have recently updated my list of ALL taxpayer-funded charities and the total comes to a huge £1.8 BILLION!

Bear in mind that this accounts for 50 charities alone (over the last five tax years) and there are over 170k in total registered on the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

I have been dividing charity spending by theme, including asylum and migration…

… think tanks…

… and the arts:

Other resources include:

Remember this when the Government next brings up “austerity”!


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