Charlotte Gill

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List of ALL taxpayer-funded charities (so far)

Total government grant funding to analysed organisations, 2020–2025: £1.8 billion

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Charlotte Gill
Feb 11, 2026
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Below is my latest directory of taxpayer-funded charities.

Total taxpayer spending (across the last five tax years) for the charities below is £1,846,485,990 aka:

£1.8 BILLION!

I have listed 50 charities below (bearing in mind the Charity Commission for England and Wales lists over 170k charities at the time of writing. NB. Not all are taxpayer funded). I will be adding to this as and when. You can find lists of charities grouped by theme below (in my resources section).

List of taxpayer-funded charities (think tanks)

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Top 10 biggest recipients

  • British Council — £1,201,290,000 (2020–24)

  • Migrant Help — £153,592,000 (2020–24)

  • Wellcome Trust — £105,998,100 (2020–24)

  • Southbank Centre — £101,053,330 (2021-25)

  • BBC Media Action — £52,112,800 (2021–25)

  • Overseas Development Institute (ODI Global) — £47,302,990 (2020–24)

  • British Refugee Council — £41,588,000 (2021–25)

  • Centre for Economic Policy Research — £22,510,000 (2020–24)

  • Universities UK — £17,973,760 (2020–24)

  • Refugee Action — £16,765,000 (2021-25)

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