Nacro has reclaimed its crown from Citizens Advice as the most gay-friendly charity to work for.

Crime-reduction charity Nacro was the top-ranking charity in the annual list produced by Stonewall for five years up until 2010, and in 2008 was number one in the entire Index of all employers. But last year it was overtaken by Citizens Advice, and only managed 33 in the overall list.

This year it has returned to the top of the charity rankings but is again 33rd in the overall list. Citizen’s Advice this year ranked 37th, while homelessness charity St Mungo’s ranked third in the sector.

Victim Support has enjoyed a consistent rise in recent years from 92nd place in 2009 to 76th in 2010 and 45th this year. The charity now has its own LGBT network offering help and support and it is aiming to break into the top 30 in 2013.

Stonewall's annual list remains a key tool for Britain’s 1.7m gay employees and over 7500 people participated to help create this year’s index. Employee policy, training and development and extensive staff feedback were major contributing factors in the rankings. The information is compiled from submissions to the Workplace Equality Index, run by Stonewall. Some 363 employers took part in the survey.

Stonewall is a campaigning and lobbying charity for the lesbian, gay and bisexual community.

The top five gay-friendly voluntary sector organisations are:
1.    Nacro
2.    Citizen’s Advice
3.    St Mungo’s
4.    Victim Support
5.    Barnardo’s