# UK Charity Eligibility Lookup — Charity Commission register (`nexgenwatch/uk-charity-eligibility-lookup`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/uk-charity-eligibility-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $33.50 / 1,000 completed eligibility checks

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Charity Eligibility Lookup — Charity Commission register

Check registered charity numbers (England & Wales) against the **official Charity
Commission public register** (`register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk`). For
each number you get whether it is on the register, the registered name, its status
(registered / removed / not-registered), the latest total income and expenditure, and a
link to the official register page — the evidence a grant-maker, funder or partner needs
to confirm a charity is eligible before releasing funds.

### Input

```json
{ "charityNumbers": ["1089464", "1140711", "202918"] }
```

Registered charity numbers. Sub-numbers are ignored for the lookup.

### What is and is not a check

A **completed check** is one number the register resolved — whether it is **on the
register** (with its details) or **provably not on the register** (that is the eligibility
answer you came for). Both are checks and both are billed. A **register outage** (search
or detail page unreachable) or an unparseable number is **not** a check and is **not**
billed; those rows are returned in the "issues" view. A run that completes no check fails
loud and charges nothing.

### Pricing

| Event | FREE | BRONZE | SILVER | GOLD+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| Completed eligibility check (`charity-check`) | $0.05 | $0.045 | $0.04 | $0.0335 |

Prices are the filed pay-per-event amounts per plan tier (PLATINUM/DIAMOND match GOLD).
A number not on the register **is** a completed check and **is** charged; outages and
unparseable inputs are not.

### Source & pacing

The Charity Commission public register, read anonymously (no API key). The actor paces at
1.5 requests/second with a contact User-Agent and bounds a run to 200 numbers.

# Actor input Schema

## `charityNumbers` (type: `array`):

Registered charity numbers (England & Wales), e.g. 1089464. Each is checked against the official Charity Commission public register. 'Not on the register' is a completed check; a register outage is not.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "charityNumbers": [
    "1089464",
    "1140711",
    "202918"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "charityNumbers": [
        "1089464",
        "1140711",
        "202918"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/uk-charity-eligibility-lookup").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "charityNumbers": [
        "1089464",
        "1140711",
        "202918",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/uk-charity-eligibility-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "charityNumbers": [
    "1089464",
    "1140711",
    "202918"
  ]
}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/uk-charity-eligibility-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgenwatch/uk-charity-eligibility-lookup",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Cc0TPcbEGxWNYow9l/builds/jJfIk7WIa3qWx0tjZ/openapi.json