http://www.fakecharities.org/

May be of some interest.

2009/7/7 'Dragon' Dave McKee <[email protected]>

> 2009/7/7 Edward Pearson <[email protected]>:
> > Blimey. I had no idea there were this many.
> >
> > Pretty expensive stuff...
>
> By my reckoning, they spend just shy of 6% of GDP* and their funding
> is 11% of government spending**.
> That's fairly impressive.
>
> Dave.
>
> * Assumes 2007 GDP of £1.712 trillion, via Wolfram Alpha.
> ** Assumes 2006/7 government spending, via March '06 budget report via
>
> http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/11/21/what-to-tackle-government-revenue-or-spending/
> I recognise these figures will be low by up to 10% (1.03^3) due to
> inflation, leading to a similar change in the calculated percentages.
>
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