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Research Sources

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • The United Nations
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • World Trade Organization

International Bodies

  • International Monetary Fund
  • World Bank
  • Financial Action Task Force
  • OECD
  • Group of 20
  • European Union

UK Government

Core Departments & Executive Agencies

  • HMRC
  • Parliament.uk
  • gov.uk
  • gov.scot

Regulatory Bodies

  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • The Information Commissioners Office
  • The Fundraising Regulator
  • The Charity Commission

Public Services & Registries

  • The National Health Service
  • Companies House
  • The Land Registry
  • Office of National Statistics
  • Bank of England
  • The OSCR (Office of Scottish Charity Regulator)

Major Third Sector Infrastructure Organizations

  • The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
  • The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
  • Charities Aid Foundation
  • The Chartered Institute of Fundraising

Research & Think Tanks

  • The Institute for Fiscal Studies
  • New Philanthropy Capital
  • Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Probono Economics

Professional Bodies & Associations

  • The British Medical Association
  • The Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
  • The School For Social Entrepreneurs

Sector Support & Development Organizations

  • Charity Digital
  • The Social Investment Business
  • Locality UK
  • The Charity Excellence Framework

Data & Research Resources

  • Small Charities Data
  • Institute for Voluntary Action Research
  • 360 Giving
  • UK Data Service
  • Giving Evidence
  • The UK Civil Society Almanac
  • CAF UK Giving Report
  • Charity Digital Skills Report
  • Barclays Corporate Banking Charity Report

Sector Media & News

  • Third Sector
  • Fundraising.co.uk
  • Civil Society News
  • Charity Times

AI LLMs

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Deepseek
  • Perplexity
  • Grok
  • Gemini