Original research on the state of UK charity websites - platform adoption, email security, analytics and consent practice, and web health - measured directly and published as aggregate statistics with full methodology.
The UK charity register changed again on 24 August 2026: 163 records updated - 0 charities newly registered, 0 removed, 4 website addresses changed. Since 15 August 2026 our nightly diff has recorded 3,885 changes; the register paper below updates daily from the current register.
Updated 24 August 2026 · measured by NebulaBot's pipeline, aggregate counts only
UK census · published August 2026
MX, SPF and DMARC measured for 99,606 charity domains. 88% publish no enforcing DMARC policy, so nothing tells a receiving mail server to reject a message forging the charity's address; 57% publish no DMARC record at all, and 30% no SPF. DKIM is deliberately not measured - the method section says why. CC-BY data included.
UK census · published August 2026
A measured census of 99,606 charity websites - every charity on the three UK registers with a usable recorded address. Of the 47,017 sites that engage with donations online, 57% show a visible way to give - and 43% ask but give the donor no way to act. Includes the full platform league table, a companion cut excluding religious causes, and the CC-BY data behind every figure.
August 2026
Between 41% and 50% of UK charity register records hold no usable website - rising to 56% of the smallest charities - and 17.9% of recorded URLs were wrong on first contact. The paper measures what the registers' website field can and can't be trusted for, with full method.
August 2026 · pilot study
A measured census of 1,233 charity websites across the Bristol area: 45% show a visible way to donate online, the top three platforms carry 54% of offsite giving, and 29% of WordPress charities send their donors to a third-party platform. Measured by our crawler in Bristol and its fringe - a five-city study using the same method is under way.
Further publications are in preparation. Everything published here carries its method, its denominators, and its aggregate data.
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