India, July 10 -- The Charity Commission, the regulator of charities in England and Wales, has analyseddata drawn from annual returns for the financial year ending 2023- the most comprehensive dataset available to the charity sector.

Collectively charities that submitted annual returns spent £95.73 billion delivering their charitable aims in 2023, 9.6% more than in 2022, reflecting a further broadening and deepening of the vital societal impact of charities. This was during a period when cost of living pressures were being felt acutely within society.

This impact is underpinned by the generosity of the public, with donations and legacies reaching £31.4bn - almost a third (32.6%) of all charity income. Small charities, which ar...