Charities: Regulation

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the average length of time taken by the Charity Commission to conclude Regulatory Compliance Cases was in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Vicky Foxcroft Portrait
Vicky Foxcroft
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 8th September 2026

The Charity Commission opens a regulatory compliance case when it assesses that concerns raised about a charity or disclosed by a charity itself require further investigation. The average time taken to close such cases, which are distinct from statutory inquiries, is shown below:

Year

Average working days

2021/22

148

2022/23

148

2023/24

146

2024/25

116

2025/26

68

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