50%

small charities work in education & schools

Source: CharityBase/CCEW

A fifth

small charities work in religion

Source: CharityBase/CCEW

18%

small charities work in arts and culture

Source: CharityBase/CCEW

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About this data

The best available data for each of the cause pages is from CharityBase, which draws live data directly from the Charity Commission for England and Wales Website. It does not currently include data for Scotland and Northern Ireland.