Every entry below is backed by a verbatim passage from the charity’s own accounts, shown on its page with the filing year.
- Highest executive pay 9,010
Charities ranked by the highest disclosed employee pay band in their accounts.
- Reserves below policy 10,346
Charities whose accounts show reserves under their own stated reserves policy.
- Going-concern doubt 5,636
Charities whose accounts disclose doubt or dependency about continuing operations.
- Payments to trustees 6,917
Charities disclosing remuneration or payments for services to trustees or trustee-connected parties.
- Related-party transactions 36,293
Charities with material related-party transactions disclosed in their accounts.
- Qualified audit opinions 308
Charities whose auditors qualified their opinion on the accounts.
- Late and overdue filings 1,893
Charities whose register status shows overdue filings or repeated default — straight from the Charity Commission register.
- Insolvency history 65
Charities whose own company or a trading subsidiary carries insolvency history on the Companies House record.
- Single-source income dependency 10,634
Charities whose accounts show 70%+ of income from one source.
- Fundraising cost ratios 3,231
Charities with the highest stated cost of raising funds relative to fundraised income.
- Not a going concern 380
Accounts explicitly not prepared on a going-concern basis — closing, merging or winding up.
- Pension scheme deficits 1,709
Charities disclosing a defined-benefit pension deficit, largest first.
- Trading subsidiaries 10,794
Charities whose accounts disclose one or more trading subsidiaries.
- Governance notes 2,184
Accounts noting governance matters — serious incidents, conflicts, breaches, board changes.
- Large charities without a full audit 2,509
Income £1m+ whose latest accounts were independently examined rather than audited.