Thirteen charitable purposes recognised in English law by The Charities Act 2006.

1.       the prevention or relief of poverty;

2.       the advancement of education;

3.       the advancement of religion;

4.       the advancement of health or the saving of lives;

5.       the advancement of citizenship or community development;

6.       the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science;

7.       the advancement of amateur sport;

8.       the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity;

9.       the advancement of environmental protection or improvement;

10.   the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage;

11.   the advancement of animal welfare;

12.   the promotion of the efficiency of the armed forces of the Crown, or of the efficiency of the police, fire and rescue services or ambulance services;

13.   a mop-up purpose: any purposes not above but recognised as charitable purposes under existing charity law or by the Recreational Charities Act 1958; any purposes that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to, or within the spirit of, any of the above purposes.