What is the purpose of the charity public register?

• A. To provide public access to information about registered charities (such as their aims and status)
• B. To store private donor data
• C. To manage government grants to charities
• D. To regulate charitable advertising

Answer: (A)

Public access and transparency are the focus. A charity public register exists so anyone can look up registered charities and see essential details about them, especially their charitable aims (objectives) and their current status (active, inactive, dissolved). This openness helps donors, partners, and the public verify that a charity is legitimately registered and understand what the charity does. It isn’t a place for private donor data, nor is it the mechanism for distributing government grants or regulating advertising, which are handled through other processes. So the purpose is to provide public access to information about registered charities such as their aims and status.