There were eight new entrants to the Charity 100 Index this year, including the Canal & River Trust at 23 in the first year that the charity was eligible.
The Canal & River Trust was formed in 2012 when the government abolished the quango British Waterways, which previously managed canals and rivers, and transferred the assets to the new charity.
The Charity 100 Index is produced by Civil Society News in partnership with Charity Finance magazine. It ranks the UK’s biggest charities by their average total income over the last three years. It excludes charities which are government-controlled.
The minimum income requirement for admission to the Index rose by 10 per cent this year to £57m. Last year the minimum income rise was 3 per cent.
Other new entrants include the Orders of St John Care Trust, a residential nursing home (45), the International Rescue Committee UK (56), the Grace Trust, (60), and the Pirbright Institute (80).
City Bridge Trust and Motability were promoted from the 250 Index.
There was little change at the top with those ranked one to seven remaining unchanged. The Wellcome Trust moved from 11th to eighth place and Marie Stopes jumped from 21st to 14th.
The top ten are:
- Nuffield Health - £670m
- Cancer Research UK - £582m
- National Trust - £469m
- CAF - £401m
- Oxfam - £381m
- United Church Schools Foundation - £328m
- Save the Children - £322m
- Wellcome Trust - £287m
- Salvation Army - £287m
- British Heart Foundation - £276m
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