When is charity a real charity?

Hat Tip to devils Kitchen.
A new website, fakecharities.org, has been created to highlight those charities which receive state funding and which the site’s creator alleges support the government.
Charities listed include Age Concern, which is described as "applauding government initiatives with £2m of public money",They do, and the government gave them £1,954,000 last year (23.3% of all income from donations).
4Children, "a glorified quango",They are, and the government gave them at least £2,378,257 last year.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), "the original fake charity, formed by the government in 1971".They are, and they get less than 3% of their income from voluntary donations.
Other charities listed include RSPB, Christian Aid and Stonewall.Whose combined income from the government was in excess of £38 million last year.A spokesman for Age Concern denied that accepting money from government inhibits its ability to speak out for older people."This has been clearly demonstrated in our recent advocacy work criticising the Government's failure to address increasing fuel poverty and the scandalous state of the social care system."But should we be forced to pay for your 'advocacy work'? That's the question.
An interesting debate to be had there ,what really constitutes a charity today,would it be totally independent and only exist on donations If it doesn't then do we need to look at a different , different constitution different ethos and very different perception by the public