Can UK charities learn a thing or two from Islamic charities?

Can UK charities learn a thing or two from Islamic charities?
My social media channels and TH-cam feed regularly show adverts for various charities, and somehow, I have got onto the mailing list of several of them. Barely a day goes by without a charity soliciting donations from me. These charities do some good work, but I don't necessarily support everything they do.
If I donate, I have no control over how and where my money is spent.
The long-established principle is that if you make a charitable donation, it must be used for charitable purposes. As a concept, it was good when charities were run by people who freely gave their time and skills to benefit the community.
Many charities are now big businesses - a fact recognised by them being called the "third sector". The concept of donations being used for charitable purposes has been stretched beyond what I think is a reasonable limit. This is where they can learn a thing or two from Islamic charities.
I understand that in the Islamic tradition, a donation to charity can only be used for that cause. This is similar to the long-established principle of UK charities. The divergence is that in the UK, all charity activities are considered charitable. In contrast, they are not in the Islamic tradition, and donors can specify which project their money will be spent on. Also, administrative and management costs are separate from the charitable work.
Some well-known British charities have been involved in controversies in recent years. Here are a few examples:
Comic Relief, founded in 1985 in response to the 1983-1985 famine in Ethiopia, has faced concerns about the lack of gender equality in the causes it supported, with much funding going to politicised women's charities or charities focusing on women.
In February 2019, David Lammy - the UK's current Foreign Secretary, criticised Stacey Dooley for posting on social media about her trip to Uganda for Comic Relief, saying that 'the world does not need any more white saviours' and that she was perpetuating 'tired and unhelpful stereotypes' about Africa. This intervention caused a drop in donations to the charity of several million pounds.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has come fire for spending millions of pounds on projects in foreign countries - including buying burkinis for Muslim women in Africa - while slashing jobs in the UK.
There was widespread anger in the veterans' community over the Royal British Legion's appointment of 'Head of Diversity and Inclusion' earning approximately £65,000 a year while many ex-servicemen and women struggle for support.
My point is this:
Many of these problems could be avoided if the charities followed the lead of Islamic charities, separated their administration and management costs from their charitable projects, and listed their projects so people could choose which to support.
One obvious question is: How would the charities fund their administration and management? In the Islamic tradition, that is done by asking for donations specifically for that purpose. A few years ago, I worked on the annual report of a UK-based Islamic charity. The report showed that not only did people make financial donations to one or more specific projects, but many also donated towards the charity's running costs. They chose where their money would be spent.
So, why can't other charities do the same?
Let me know what you think in the comments below.

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Hello GG , We get bombarded by Charities at every turn . The last time I gave to Charity was in 2015 , a Cancer Center I used to go to while getting treatment . Last week while walking into my local Supermarket I was asked for money by a Romanian Female , I ignored her . While walking back to the Bustop on the way home , the same women stopped me and said " Have you any money , I have been sitting allday and have hardly any " while holding a bag of groceries ! I said that is not my probelm . So no I no longer give to any .Happy New Year . ☺