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Not-for-profits

Whilst the distribution of not-for-profit businesses is similar to that of all companies (focused around the key city regions of the North), the distribution is more even, with substantial volumes found in more rural areas as well. Health and social care and the arts feature prominently across all areas, though there are some interesting local focuses, too, with not-for-profits in the financial and insurance sector appearing more frequently in our major cities, perhaps indicating a focus on providing key financial services to traditionally excluded communities.

About this data

This data comes from the Office for National Statistics United Kingdom Business Counts (Business Demography), and records the number of local units (if a business has more than one site, then each site is recorded separately) for companies that have a not-for-profit or mutual association status (most commonly incorporated by guarantee rather than shares) and have at least one employee and/or are registered for VAT.

Northern non-profits

Summary statistics for all active non-profits in the North.

Non-profit companies

28110In The North

Non-profit percentage

4.4%Of all businesses in The North

Business counts by local authority

Estimates for the number of non-profits or mutual associations with registered addresses in the North.

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Hexmap Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Adur Allerdale
Non-profits: 260 (5.4%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 85
  2. Financial and insurance activities: 40
  3. Other service activities: 35
 Amber Valley Angus Antrim and Newtownabbey Ards and North Down Argyll and Bute Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Arun Ashfield Ashford Babergh Barking and Dagenham Barnet Barnsley
Non-profits: 285 (3.6%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 75
  2. Accommodation and food service activities: 50
  3. Other service activities: 35
 Barrow-in-Furness
Non-profits: 120 (5.8%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 40
  2. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 25
  3. Other service activities: 25
 Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Belfast Bexley Birmingham Blaby Blackburn with Darwen
Non-profits: 295 (4.6%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 90
  2. Financial and insurance activities: 85
  3. Other service activities: 35
 Blackpool
Non-profits: 205 (4.0%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 100
  2. Other service activities: 25
  3. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 20
 Blaenau Gwent Bolsover Bolton
Non-profits: 385 (3.3%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 130
  2. Other service activities: 75
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 40
 Boston Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Bradford
Non-profits: 905 (4.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 340
  2. Other service activities: 165
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 70
 Braintree Breckland Brent Brentwood Bridgend Brighton and Hove Bristol, City of Broadland Bromley Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Buckinghamshire Burnley
Non-profits: 135 (4.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 45
  2. Other service activities: 20
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 15
 Bury
Non-profits: 455 (5.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Financial and insurance activities: 110
  2. Human health and social work activities: 95
  3. Real estate activities: 65
 Caerphilly Calderdale
Non-profits: 395 (4.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 120
  2. Other service activities: 60
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 40
 Cambridge Camden Cannock Chase Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle
Non-profits: 885 (14.4%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Financial and insurance activities: 590
  2. Human health and social work activities: 85
  3. Real estate activities: 80
 Carmarthenshire Castle Point Causeway Coast and Glens Central Bedfordshire Ceredigion Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Cheshire East
Non-profits: 635 (2.9%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 155
  2. Financial and insurance activities: 110
  3. Other service activities: 100
 Cheshire West and Chester
Non-profits: 520 (3.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 145
  2. Other service activities: 80
  3. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 55
 Chesterfield Chichester Chorley
Non-profits: 135 (2.6%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 35
  2. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 20
  3. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 20
 City of Edinburgh City of London Clackmannanshire Colchester Conwy Copeland
Non-profits: 150 (6.3%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 45
  2. Other service activities: 35
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 25
 Cornwall Cotswold County Durham
Non-profits: 835 (4.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 270
  2. Other service activities: 140
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 120
 Coventry Craven
Non-profits: 155 (3.8%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 45
  2. Other service activities: 30
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 20
 Crawley Croydon Dacorum Darlington
Non-profits: 170 (4.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 65
  2. Other service activities: 30
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 15
 Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Dales Derry City and Strabane Doncaster
Non-profits: 390 (3.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 120
  2. Other service activities: 70
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 40
 Dorset Dover Dudley Dumfries and Galloway Dundee City Ealing East Ayrshire East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Dunbartonshire East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Lothian East Renfrewshire East Riding of Yorkshire
Non-profits: 490 (3.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 135
  2. Financial and insurance activities: 65
  3. Other service activities: 65
 East Staffordshire East Suffolk Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden
Non-profits: 155 (3.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 40
  2. Other service activities: 25
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 20
 Elmbridge Enfield Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Falkirk Fareham Fenland Fermanagh and Omagh Fife Flintshire Folkestone and Hythe Forest of Dean Fylde
Non-profits: 165 (4.3%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 70
  2. Other service activities: 20
  3. Education: 15
 Gateshead
Non-profits: 420 (5.9%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 155
  2. Other service activities: 55
  3. Education: 35
 Gedling Glasgow City Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Yarmouth Greenwich Guildford Gwynedd Hackney Halton
Non-profits: 170 (3.8%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 75
  2. Other service activities: 25
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 15
 Hambleton
Non-profits: 220 (3.6%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 70
  2. Other service activities: 40
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 25
 Hammersmith and Fulham Harborough Haringey Harlow Harrogate
Non-profits: 385 (3.6%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 105
  2. Financial and insurance activities: 60
  3. Other service activities: 50
 Harrow Hart Hartlepool
Non-profits: 140 (5.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 55
  2. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 20
  3. Other service activities: 20
 Hastings Havant Havering Herefordshire, County of Hertsmere High Peak Highland Hillingdon Hinckley and Bosworth Horsham Hounslow Huntingdonshire Hyndburn
Non-profits: 115 (4.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 40
  2. Accommodation and food service activities: 15
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 15
 Inverclyde Ipswich Isle of Anglesey Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Islington Kensington and Chelsea King's Lynn and West Norfolk Kingston upon Hull, City of
Non-profits: 450 (5.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 190
  2. Other service activities: 50
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 40
 Kingston upon Thames Kirklees
Non-profits: 745 (4.3%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 240
  2. Other service activities: 110
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 80
 Knowsley
Non-profits: 200 (4.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 115
  2. Other service activities: 20
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 15
 Lambeth Lancaster
Non-profits: 285 (5.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 80
  2. Other service activities: 55
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 25
 Leeds
Non-profits: 1575 (4.4%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 490
  2. Other service activities: 255
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 200
 Leicester Lewes Lewisham Lichfield Lincoln Lisburn and Castlereagh Liverpool
Non-profits: 1040 (5.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 400
  2. Other service activities: 145
  3. Education: 120
 Luton Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Manchester
Non-profits: 1180 (4.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 360
  2. Other service activities: 225
  3. Education: 115
 Mansfield Medway Melton Mendip Merthyr Tydfil Merton Mid Devon Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Mid Ulster Mid and East Antrim Middlesbrough
Non-profits: 200 (4.6%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 100
  2. Other service activities: 25
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 15
 Midlothian Milton Keynes Mole Valley Monmouthshire Moray Na h-Eileanan Siar Neath Port Talbot New Forest Newark and Sherwood Newcastle upon Tyne
Non-profits: 705 (6.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 265
  2. Other service activities: 110
  3. Education: 80
 Newcastle-under-Lyme Newham Newport Newry, Mourne and Down North Ayrshire North Devon North East Derbyshire North East Lincolnshire
Non-profits: 230 (3.9%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 85
  2. Other service activities: 35
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 30
 North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Lanarkshire North Lincolnshire
Non-profits: 200 (2.9%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 45
  2. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 30
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 25
 North Norfolk North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Tyneside
Non-profits: 325 (4.8%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 150
  2. Other service activities: 50
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 25
 North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire Northumberland
Non-profits: 685 (5.0%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 235
  2. Other service activities: 95
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 85
 Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oldham
Non-profits: 315 (3.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 105
  2. Other service activities: 60
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 35
 Orkney Islands Oxford Pembrokeshire Pendle
Non-profits: 125 (3.5%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 30
  2. Other service activities: 30
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 15
 Perth and Kinross Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Powys Preston
Non-profits: 275 (4.0%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 80
  2. Other service activities: 55
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 40
 Reading Redbridge Redcar and Cleveland
Non-profits: 185 (4.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 55
  2. Accommodation and food service activities: 25
  3. Other service activities: 25
 Redditch Reigate and Banstead Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taf Ribble Valley
Non-profits: 120 (3.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Other service activities: 25
  2. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 20
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 20
 Richmond upon Thames Richmondshire
Non-profits: 140 (4.4%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 25
  2. Human health and social work activities: 25
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 20
 Rochdale
Non-profits: 305 (3.8%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 115
  2. Other service activities: 50
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 40
 Rochford Rossendale
Non-profits: 105 (3.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 30
  2. Other service activities: 20
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 15
 Rother Rotherham
Non-profits: 285 (3.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 115
  2. Other service activities: 45
  3. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 25
 Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Rutland Ryedale
Non-profits: 125 (3.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 35
  2. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 15
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 15
 Salford
Non-profits: 1700 (13.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Financial and insurance activities: 1240
  2. Human health and social work activities: 170
  3. Other service activities: 75
 Sandwell Scarborough
Non-profits: 260 (5.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 85
  2. Other service activities: 35
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 30
 Scottish Borders Sedgemoor Sefton
Non-profits: 420 (4.4%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 185
  2. Other service activities: 65
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 35
 Selby
Non-profits: 120 (2.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 35
  2. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 15
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 15
 Sevenoaks Sheffield
Non-profits: 890 (4.3%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 295
  2. Other service activities: 145
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 95
 Shetland Islands Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset West and Taunton South Ayrshire South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Gloucestershire South Hams South Holland South Kesteven South Lakeland
Non-profits: 320 (4.4%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 90
  2. Other service activities: 60
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 40
 South Lanarkshire South Norfolk South Oxfordshire South Ribble
Non-profits: 145 (3.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 40
  2. Financial and insurance activities: 20
  3. Real estate activities: 20
 South Somerset South Staffordshire South Tyneside
Non-profits: 170 (4.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 80
  2. Other service activities: 25
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 20
 Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark Spelthorne St Albans St. Helens
Non-profits: 200 (3.5%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 80
  2. Other service activities: 35
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 25
 Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stirling Stockport
Non-profits: 605 (4.3%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Financial and insurance activities: 190
  2. Human health and social work activities: 160
  3. Other service activities: 65
 Stockton-on-Tees
Non-profits: 270 (3.9%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 105
  2. Other service activities: 50
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 20
 Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Sunderland
Non-profits: 445 (5.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 175
  2. Other service activities: 60
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 40
 Surrey Heath Sutton Swale Swansea Swindon Tameside
Non-profits: 255 (3.3%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 75
  2. Other service activities: 45
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 30
 Tamworth Tandridge Teignbridge Telford and Wrekin Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thanet Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Torfaen Torridge Tower Hamlets Trafford
Non-profits: 430 (3.3%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 115
  2. Financial and insurance activities: 85
  3. Other service activities: 70
 Tunbridge Wells Uttlesford Vale of Glamorgan Vale of White Horse Wakefield
Non-profits: 465 (3.8%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 120
  2. Accommodation and food service activities: 70
  3. Other service activities: 60
 Walsall Waltham Forest Wandsworth Warrington
Non-profits: 310 (3.0%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 120
  2. Other service activities: 45
  3. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 35
 Warwick Watford Waverley Wealden Welwyn Hatfield West Berkshire West Devon West Dunbartonshire West Lancashire
Non-profits: 145 (2.8%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 40
  2. Financial and insurance activities: 20
  3. Other service activities: 20
 West Lindsey West Lothian West Northamptonshire West Oxfordshire West Suffolk Westminster Wigan
Non-profits: 340 (3.1%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 110
  2. Arts, entertainment and recreation: 50
  3. Other service activities: 45
 Wiltshire Winchester Windsor and Maidenhead Wirral
Non-profits: 500 (4.8%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 170
  2. Other service activities: 80
  3. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 55
 Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worthing Wrexham Wychavon Wyre
Non-profits: 145 (3.2%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 45
  2. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 25
  3. Accommodation and food service activities: 15
 Wyre Forest York
Non-profits: 600 (6.7%)
Top non-profit industries:
  1. Human health and social work activities: 215
  2. Other service activities: 90
  3. Financial and insurance activities: 80

Business counts by size of company

Note that the source data is rounded, at local authority level, for disclosure purposes. This means that the sum of company sizes will be slightly lower than the total of all non-profits given in the dashboard above.

01000015000200005000Micro (0 to 9)Small (10 to 49)Medium-sized (50 to 249)Large (250+)Number of companies
Large (250+): 90Number of companies
Medium-sized (50 to 249): 960Number of companies
Small (10 to 49): 5,210Number of companies
Micro (0 to 9): 21,370