Open Charity Lookup

Welcome to the Open Charity Lookup API. We are a database of every currently registered charity in the UK.

Last update: May 2024

Usage:

Endpoint:

GET https://charitylookup.uk/charities/search

Example Request Body:

{
    "name": "cancer",
    "reg_no": "123",
    "term" : "cancer",
    "jurisdiction" : "eng"
}

Example URI:

GET https://charitylookup.uk/charities/search?name=cancer

Example Response:

[
    {
        "regno": 1089464,
        "name": "CANCER RESEARCH UK",
        "add1": "CANCER RESEARCH UK",
        "add2": "ANGEL BUILDING",
        "add3": "407 ST. JOHN STREET",
        "add4": "LONDON",
        "add5": "",
        "postcode": "EC1V 4AD",
        "full_address": "CANCER RESEARCH UK, ANGEL BUILDING, 407 ST. JOHN STREET, LONDON, EC1V 4AD"
    },
    {
        "regno": 261017,
        "name": "MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT",
        "add1": "MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT",
        "add2": "89 ALBERT EMBANKMENT",
        "add3": "LONDON",
        "add4": "",
        "add5": "",
        "postcode": "SE1 7UQ",
        "full_address": "MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT, 89 ALBERT EMBANKMENT, LONDON, SE1 7UQ"
    }
]

Available Parameters:

Name	Description	Required?
name	Charity Name	No
reg_no	Charity Registration Number	No
term	Anything (searches all data)	No
lower	Return results in lowercase (default:0)	No
jurisdiction	filters by jurisdiction - Usage ('eng','scot','ni','all')	No