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Do-It-Yourself research

IF YOU CAN'T FIND A PROFILE of a particular charity, don't give up. Basic research is easy - these pages show you how..
 

FINDING IT

CAN'T FIND THE PERFECT CHARITY via our charity search? These websites list every charity in the country...
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TEN MINUTES

AT A GLANCE YOU CAN TELL if a charity is legal, how new it is, what it's supposed to do, what it does, and its contact details.
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HALF AN HOUR

IN A MERE HALF HOUR you can get a first sense of what a charity actually does (as opposed to what it says it does). We can also send you to the most useful parts of the annual report.
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3+ HOURS

THE BEGINNINGS OF SERIOUS investigations. We steer you to the more demanding research methods used by other charity researchers.
3+ hours
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