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Toys without a CE or UKCA mark
Also covers: unlabelled toy, toy without label, soft toy without label, teddy without label, unmarked toy
Can you donate toys without a CE or UKCA mark to a UK charity shop? No.
Why shops may refuse it
Charities must be satisfied that second-hand toys meet product-safety requirements, and many use visible CE/UKCA marking as a practical check.
What to do instead
Check the toy, packaging and any accompanying leaflet for its marking and safety information; clean, compliant toys are widely accepted.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
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“Soft toys without the CE label”
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“Toys without a CE mark”
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Ardgowan Hospice category-wide rule
Whole "Toys" category listed as currently not accepted, with no distinction by toy type.
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“Currently we CANNOT accept: -Toys, large furniture or electrical items.”
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“Toys without a CE tag;”
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Like other nursery items, may also only be resold at a selected number of stores.
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“soft toys without a CE or UKCA CE label”
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“Toys without CE safety mark”
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“Soft toys (without CE/UKCA mark)”
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“Soft toys without CE marking”
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Also excludes broken toys.
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“Non-CE marked or broken toys”
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“Soft toys without a CE or UKCA label attached”
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Page says 'toys' generally, not limited to soft toys.
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“Toys that do not display the CE label”
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“Toys without a CE mark”
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Page says 'toys' generally, not limited to soft toys.
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“toys without a CE mark”
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Applies to all toys without a CE/UKCE mark
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“Toys without a CE or UKCE label”
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“Toys WITHOUT the CE Label”
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The general prohibited-items list separately states 'Soft toys must have CE Mark'.
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“Toys without a CE mark”
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Condition: must have CE labels and no loose parts.
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“Soft toys unless they have CE labels and no loose parts”
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“Toys without a CE mark”
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Extracted from 'Handmade toys or toys without the CE mark' bullet.
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“toys without the CE mark”
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Soft toys must have their CE label intact to be accepted.
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“Children’s toys and games (soft toys must have their CE label intact)”
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Refused specifically because they lack a fire label.
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“Soft toys that do not have fire labels”
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“toys, nightwear or upholstered furniture items that do not have the relevant safety labels”
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Toys without a CE mark are implicitly refused, since toys must carry the CE mark for safety.
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“Toys and electricals must have the CE mark for safety.”
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Only toys carrying a CE label can be sold.
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“For safety reasons, we can only sell toys with CE labels and furniture with the correct fire safety labels, so checking these before donating really helps our teams.”
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“Soft toys without CE label”
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“Soft toys without CE labels”
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“Toys without a CE or UKCA mark”
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“Toys without a CE Mark”
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“Children’s toys or games without a CE Mark”
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“Toys without the CE mark”
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“Toys without C.E. labels”
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“Toys without a CE or UKCA label.”
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Must have a CE or UKCA mark.
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“Anything without CE or fire labels”
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Soft toys without a CE/UKCA label are not accepted.
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“Due to health and safety laws, soft toys must have the CE label.”
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Toys generally (not just soft toys) without the CE mark are refused
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“Children's toys without the CE mark”
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Applies to all toys without a UKCA or CE mark
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“Toys without a UKCA or CE mark”
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“Toys without the CE mark (safety and legal reasons).”
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“toys without the CE mark”
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“soft toys without CE/UKCA labels”
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From the 'Soft Toys' entry's required conditions; toys without the CE label fall outside what is accepted.
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“However, please ensure that all soft toys are in saleable condition. ✅ Clean - with no stains or odours ✅ CE label attached ✅ Complete - no missing eyes, buttons or small parts”
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“Soft toys without CE label”
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“Children’s items: Car seats, soft toys without a CE label, mattresses, and prams or pushchairs that haven’t undergone safety checks.”
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“Toys without CE label”
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“Toys without a conforming CE safety label”
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“Soft toys which do not have a CE label attached”
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“Soft toys without CE label”
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“Soft toys without CE labels”
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Soft toys without the CE label listed under items the charity cannot take.
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“Inflatable toys, soft toys without the CE label or toy guns, prams, pushchairs or buggies (unless brand new), cots, cot mattresses, carry cots or playpens, high chairs or car seats”
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St John's Hospice (London) category-wide rule
Applies to all toys & games items
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“Toys and games”
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“Toys without a CE mark”
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“Toys without a CE/UKCA mark”
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Refers specifically to children's toys lacking a CE mark.
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“children’s toys without a CE mark”
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“Soft toys without CE label”
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“Toys without a CE marking or handmade toys”
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General toy rule, not limited to soft toys.
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“Toys without a CE mark.”
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“Soft toys without CE label”
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“Toys without a CE mark”
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“Toys without CE/UKCA mark.”
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Unboxed toys or toys without CE markings not accepted
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“Unboxed Toys, games and puzzles or toys without CE markings”
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Only toys with the appropriate CE mark are sold, implying unlabelled toys are not accepted.
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“We always need good quality donations and only sell furniture which complies with current regulations and toys with the appropriate CE mark.”
Not mentioned in 89 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Age UK
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Barnardo's
- Barnsley Hospice
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- Butterwick Hospice
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Emmaus
- FARA Charity Shops
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Highland Hospice
- Hope House & Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices
- Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland
- Hospice Isle of Man
- Hospice of the Valleys
- Jersey Hospice Care
- Katharine House Hospice, Banbury
- Keech Hospice Care
- Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
- LOROS Hospice
- Marie Curie
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- Moya Cole Hospice
- North Devon Hospice
- North London Hospice
- Overgate Hospice
- Oxfam
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Phyllis Tuckwell
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
- Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
- Rotherham Hospice
- Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire)
- St Christopher's Hospice
- St Columba's Hospice
- St Cuthbert's Hospice
- St David's Hospice Care
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice (Harrow & Brent)
- St Luke's Hospice Basildon & Thurrock
- St Margaret's Hospice Care (Somerset)
- St Mary's Hospice
- St Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)
- St Peter & St James Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent's Hospice
- Strathcarron Hospice
- Thames Hospice
- The Kirkwood
- The Myton Hospices
- The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
- The Prince of Wales Hospice
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Traid
- Treetops Hospice Trust
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wakefield Hospice
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)