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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”!

From 2024:

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14 September 2026

Asylum seekers offered free rock climbing lessons, funded by Birmingham City Council

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13 September 2026

Weekly round-up: The “Migrant’s Guide” and taxpayer-funded charities totalling over £2.6 BILLION

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10 September 2026

Sadiq Khan’s deputy chairs £4 MILLION taxpayer-funded charity behind “Migrant’s Guide”

Praxis Community Projects received £4,014,260 from taxpayers between 2021–25
DOGE UK
9 September 2026

£2.6 billion taxpayer funding spent on just 66 charities

Bearing in mind there are over 170,000 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales alone