The following are fundamental principles for the design of Charity Radar

Items or parts of items in italics are yet to be formally agreed.

• Charity Radar will only be targeting UK Charities and similar organisations
• The design will allow other UK sectors to be targetted in future
• International names and addresses will be able to be stored
• As much as possible, the product will be cost-neutral to the end user. The grants raised and the costs saved will outweigh the cost of the product
• There will be a series of modules which will be developed in an agreed order. Once the core modules exist, the product will be released to the world

The following terms will be used:

• Account - an organisation that subscribes to Charity Radar
• User - an individual who has access to the data and facilities of Charity Radar. A user always belongs to one and only one Account but may have access to administer one or more Accounts
• Privilege - the access rights a User has for an Account - see users
• Person - the information stored about a natural person