Common questions about Camfed International's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Camfed International a good charity? +
Camfed International scores 88 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 94% 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 Camfed International a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Camfed International as a registered charity (charity number 1029161). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1029161&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 Camfed International's charity number? +
Camfed International's charity number is 1029161. 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 Camfed International's charity rating? +
Camfed International scores 88 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 Camfed International have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Camfed International. 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 Camfed International? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 94% of Camfed International'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 Camfed International's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 6% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 8% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Camfed International. Camfed International's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 45 employees paid more than £60,000, including 14 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (3 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Camfed International receive? +
Camfed International reported £85m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Camfed International's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-07). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Camfed International based? +
Camfed International's register entry is at United Kingdom. It tells the regulator it operates in Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, United States, Zambia, with a focus on international aid.
How much is Camfed International's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Camfed International's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 45 employees paid more than £60,000, including 14 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (3 employees). 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 Camfed International's money come from? +
Camfed International reported £85m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £41m (49%), charitable activities £41m (48%), investments £2.7m (3%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £26m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Camfed International? +
The register records Camfed International 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 Camfed International's trustees paid? +
Camfed International's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Camfed International previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Camfed International: Cambridge Female Education Trust.
When was Camfed International registered as a charity? +
Camfed International was entered on the register on 26 November 1993. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02874653).
How does CharityCompare score Camfed International? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Camfed International'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 Camfed International'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.