Daily Sceptic readers may or may not know that I compile lists of taxpayer-funded charities for my Substack. For this, I take a sample of charities and add up how much they have had in “Income from government contracts” and “Income from government grants” over the last five tax years available (as charities publish their accounts at different times). Then I add up the total. So far I have calculated £2.6 billion going towards 71 charities (bearing in mind there are over 170,000 registered on the Charity Commission for England and Wales), with 34 of these categorised as asylum and migration charities in receipt of over £300 million. I add to these lists as and when I find new charities in receipt of taxpayer funding.
Given that the current UK national debt stands at £3 trillion and counting, what has surprised me from my recent audit is that many charities had a sizable increase in their funding from when I last audited them. Today I will show you five examples of these, listing the charity, its funding increase and a bit of information about what each does.
Migrant Help (£194,462,000, 2021-25)
The charity received £153,592,000 between 2020-24, meaning an increase of £40,870,000.
Migrant Help offers advice in everything from “how to claim asylum” to “finding legal representation” to “accessing healthcare”. The charity runs a schools programme to “dispel myths and encourage thought and discussion around how to be more
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Thanks, as always. Another sign of how much trouble we are in that government giving money to charity is seen as normal. Why is the government giving to any charity? It’s profoundly undemocratic. Individuals are free to give money to whatever cause they wish, and the amounts and causes chosen will be by definition a perfect reflection of the will of the people.
Absolutely agree ToF. HMG has no business whatsoever giving money to charities and that includes the tax refund element. Charity is an entirely personal business. My own donations go only to small local projects with leaders who draw little or no salary and occasionally to ‘disaster’ funds.
I give to our local air ambulance which seems fairly sound, and another small charity I have personal experience of through a family member