---
title: "Is this a registered charity, is it in good standing, and what do its accounts say"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/charity-check"
---

# Is this a registered charity, is it in good standing, and what do its accounts say

`GET /api/v1/charity-check`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://meetkatalis.com`
- URL: `https://meetkatalis.com/api/v1/charity-check`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Read live from the Charity Commission for England and Wales' register, by charity number, by company number (matched through the Companies House number the register holds) or by name (up to three matches, registered first). Registered or removed with dates and reason; CIO or charitable company; insolvency, administration and interim-manager flags; reporting status; latest accounts and up to six years of income and spend broken down; what it does, for whom and where; trustee count and chair; governing document, objects, other regulators. England and Wales only. Trustees counted, never named. Contains information from the Charity Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. 1 credit.

## Query parameters

- `company` string, required

## Response `200`

query, company?, matchedBy, registered, summary, charities[] {charityNumber, groupSuffix, name, otherNames[], status, statusCode, registered, registeredOn, removedOn, removalReason, type, cio, companyNumber, flags {insolvent, inAdministration, interimManager, interimManagerSince}, reportingStatus, latestAccounts {yearStart, yearEnd, income, expenditure}, financialHistory[] {yearEnd, income, expenditure, consolidated, incomeFromGovernmentContracts, incomeFromGovernmentGrants, donationsAndLegacies, charitableActivitiesIncome, otherTrading, investmentIncome, charitableActivitiesSpend, raisingFunds, governance, grantsToInstitutions}, classification {what[], who[], how[]}, areasOfOperation[], trustees {count, hasChair, latestAppointment}, governingDocument, objects, areaOfBenefit, otherRegulators[], address, website, lastModified, registerEntry}, note, attribution

## Other responses

- `400`: Missing company
- `401`: Missing or wrong x-api-key
- `404`: No company with that number
- `503`: Companies House or the Charity Commission couldn't be read; nothing charged

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