The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is a registered UK charity. Its Head Office is located in the Kings Hill business park, West Malling, Kent with a second office in London on St Andrew Street, EC4A 3AY. CAF provides services and assistance to UK and international charities and their donors, as well as to promote donation to charity generally.
In 2009 CAF had income of £327,987,000 and spent £320,424,000 on charitable spending.
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