Charities in Jersey
Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands and a self-governing Crown Dependency, not part of the United Kingdom, with its own charity regulator. GiveRadar lists more than 380 charitable organisations from the Jersey Register of Charities, spanning health and disability, welfare and older people, children and youth, education, arts and heritage, the environment and animal welfare, and overseas aid. Every entry is overseen by the Jersey Charity Commissioner under the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014. Whether you want a list of Jersey charities, a Jersey charity register lookup, a registered charity number, or a single nonprofit to support, GiveRadar brings together each charity's Jersey Charity Number, legal form and registered address, its website and contact details, a plain-English description of what it does, its trustees and leadership, links to any annual reports and financial statements it publishes, and an independent integrity score. Read how GiveRadar works, or browse charities in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.
How charities are registered in Jersey
Jersey charities register with the Jersey Charity Commissioner under the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014, which created the Island's public Register of Charities. To be registered, an organisation must meet the charity test: it must have exclusively charitable purposes and provide public benefit. Each registered charity receives a Jersey Charity Number and is recorded with its name, governing legal form (such as a Jersey company, trust, foundation, or fidéicommis), and registered address, and many also carry a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) number. The register has a general section that is fully public and a restricted section for charities whose details are withheld. Registered charities can access Jersey tax relief on qualifying income and donations.
Causes and well-known Jersey charities
For its size, Jersey has a broad and well-supported voluntary sector. Cause areas include:
- Children, youth, and families: organisations like Brightly (Brig-y-Don) and a wide range of youth and family support charities.
- Health, disability, and medical support: Jersey Hospice Care, Dementia Jersey, Autism Jersey, and Island branches such as Cancer Research UK in Jersey.
- Older people and welfare: Age Concern Jersey, the Abbeyfield Jersey Society, Jersey Cheshire Home, and the British Red Cross.
- Heritage, arts, and the environment: the National Trust for Jersey, Jersey Heritage, the Channel Islands Occupation Society, and conservation and cultural charities.
- Overseas aid: Jersey-based charities running projects overseas, from The Gambia to Nepal.
Browse the directory below, or compare two organisations with our charity comparison tool.
How to check a Jersey charity before donating
Before giving to a Jersey charity, confirm:
- Jersey Charity Number: every registered charity has one and appears on the Commissioner's public register.
- Registration status and legal form: the register shows whether a charity is currently registered and how it is constituted.
- Public benefit and purposes: registered charities have passed the Jersey charity test for exclusively charitable purposes and public benefit.
- Watchlists: run any organisation through our free charity checker tool against international sanctions and watchlists.
Each profile rolls registration, contact availability, and other signals into a single 0-100 integrity score. See our scoring methodology for details.
Jersey charity directory
This page is a complete Jersey charity explorer: every charity on the Jersey Register of Charities that we hold data on, filterable by cause and integrity score and searchable by name or charity number. To compare Channel Island giving against other markets, browse all countries, or read about UK charities and the Isle of Man.