The voice of charities on tax
For more than 40 years, Charity Tax Group has been the leading voice of charities on taxation, working to create a fairer, more effective tax system that enables charities to maximise their resources for public benefit. Through our policy, advocacy and technical expertise, CTG has helped secure and protect more than £10 billion for charities, ensuring that more money reaches the communities and causes they exist to support.
Today, we bring together charities, policymakers and sector leaders to address shared challenges, influence tax policy and provide expert guidance that helps charities navigate an increasingly complex tax environment.
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Who we are
Charity Tax Group is an independent charity dedicated to improving the tax environment in which charities operate. We exist to make sure that tax rules recognise the vital role charities play in delivering public benefit, and that the sector has a strong, credible voice when tax policy is shaped.
We work at the intersection of charities, government and the wider tax community. By bringing people together, sharing insight and building consensus, we help ensure that charity tax policy is informed by real‑world experience and grounded in the practical realities charities face.
CTG represents charities of all sizes and kinds, alongside professional advisers who support the sector. Together, this collective perspective strengthens our ability to advocate effectively, highlight unintended consequences, and promote a tax system that is fair, workable and fit for the future.
Our role is to convene, to inform and to advocate, so that charities are heard, understood and properly supported within the tax system.
Why we exist
Charities exist to deliver public benefit. The tax system should support that purpose, rather than unnecessary barriers that divert time, energy and resources away from frontline impact.
Charity Tax Group exists to ensure that UK charities operate within a fair, effective and supportive tax system so they can maximise the resources available for public good. Tax rules have a powerful multiplier effect: even small improvements can unlock significant additional funding, reduce administrative burden and enable charities to reach more people and deliver more effectively.
As the tax environment becomes more complex and financial pressures on charities intensify, the need for a strong, collective voice on charity tax has never been greater.
CTG brings that voice together. We advocate for practical, proportionate policy, protecting vital reliefs and challenge unintended consequences that undermine charitable purpose.
Our role is both strategic and practical. We work to shape a tax framework that recognises the unique role charities play in society, while supporting the sector to engage confidently with the tax system. By doing so, we help ensure that more of every pound raised by charities is put to work where it matters most.
Our role in the charity tax system
Charity Tax Group plays a unique role at the heart of the charity tax system. We act as a trusted, collective voice for charities, bringing together insight from across the sector and ensuring it is heard where tax policy is developed and applied.
We advocate for charities by engaging directly with HM Treasury, HMRC and Parliament, helping to shape tax policy that is fair, proportionate and fit for purpose. Our work focuses on protecting vital charitable reliefs, improving the operation of the tax system, and addressing unintended consequences that create cost or complexity for charities.
Alongside our advocacy role, we convene charities, professional advisers and policymakers to share experience, test ideas and build common understanding. Our technical working groups bring charity professionals together to discuss emerging issues, explore practical challenges and develop informed, evidence‑based perspectives that reflect the realities charities face.
By creating space for constructive dialogue, through working groups and wider engagement, we help bridge the gap between policy intent and practical reality, ensuring that decisions affecting charities are informed by lived experience as well as technical understanding.
Through this dual role as advocate and convener, CTG helps strengthen the overall tax framework for charities, supporting a system that works better for charities, regulators and government alike, and, ultimately, for the communities charities serve.
Trust, authority and credibility
Charity Tax Group is recognised across the charity sector and government as a trusted and authoritative voice on charity taxation. For decades, our work has helped shape the tax framework within which charities operate, protecting vital reliefs and improving how tax policy works in practice.
Our credibility is built on technical expertise, independence and the collective insight of the charities and advisers we bring together. We ground our advocacy in real‑world evidence, drawing on the lived experience of charities of all sizes and activities to ensure that policy decisions reflect practical reality as well as legislative intent.
We are respected partners to HM Treasury, HMRC and Parliament, and are members of the HMRC Charity Tax Forum. Through this formal engagement and our wider policy work, we are valued for a constructive approach and our ability to articulate the sector’s perspective clearly, proportionately and with integrity. We engage openly, challenge where necessary, and work collaboratively to achieve outcomes that serve both public benefit and good tax administration.
Above all, trust in Charity Tax Group rests on our purpose. We exist solely to support the efficiency and effectiveness of the charity sector for public benefit. Our independence and long‑standing reputation ensure that when CTG speaks on charity tax, the sector is heard with clarity, credibility and weight
Through this dual role as advocate and convener, CTG helps strengthen the overall tax framework for charities, supporting a system that works better for charities, regulators and government alike, and, ultimately, for the communities charities serve.