The Fundraising Regulator has named more than 60 organisations that have not paid its increased voluntary levy, and shared the list with the Charity Commission.
Some 63 charities, including several universities, had not paid the Fundraising Regulator’s levy as of 25 March and were marked “red” in its online directory.
In September, the regulator increased its maximum yearly levy to £22,500 for the largest fundraising charities, with smaller organisations also seeing rises in their contributions.
This followed another increase a year earlier, the first since the regulator’s foundation in 2016, from £15,000 to £18,750 for the largest charities.
After the first phase of increases was introduced in 2024, the regulator reported that around 3% of eligible charities had either refused or not responded to its requests to pay the annual fee.
The regulator reported this month that the level of payment “has remained consistent in 2025-26” despite the additional levy rises.
It said a “small proportion of organisations” had either chosen not to pay the levy or not responded to payment requests for 2025-26.
‘Challenging financial environment’
“We recognise that charities continue to operate in a challenging financial environment,” the regulator said.
“We are grateful to those organisations that have paid the levy and continue to support independent regulation.”
The regulator added: “We will also share a list of the registered charities concerned [with the commission] so that they are aware of the organisations that have refused to support the system of regulation that so many charities and members of the public benefit from.”
Charities that spend less than £100,000 a year on their fundraising activity are not asked to pay the levy, but instead contribute a lower fee to display the regulator’s badge.
The regulator’s levy generated £3.07m (83% of its total income) in the year to August 2025, its accounts show.
