Common questions about British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel a good charity? +
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel scores 87 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 91% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel as a registered charity (charity number 1101329). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1101329&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's charity number? +
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's charity number is 1101329. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's charity rating? +
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel scores 87 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 91% of British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 9% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 10% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel. British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel receive? +
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel reported £2.6m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-07-14). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel based? +
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's registered contact address is in London (N2 0EF). It tells the regulator it operates in Israel, with a focus on disability.
How much is British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's money come from? +
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel reported £2.6m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.3m (51%), other income £1.2m (49%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel? +
The register records British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's trustees paid? +
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel: British Friends of Hatzala Jerusalem; British Friends of Hatzola Israel; British Friends of Hatzolah Israel.
When was British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel registered as a charity? +
British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel was entered on the register on 30 December 2003.
How does CharityCompare score British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.