Common questions about Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) a good charity? +
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) scores 77 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 67% 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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) as a registered charity (charity number 1095118). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1095118&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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s charity number? +
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s charity number is 1095118. 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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s charity rating? +
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) scores 77 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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch). 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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 67% of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 1% of expenditure (2024–2026, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch). Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) receive? +
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) reported £3.3m total income in its 2026 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-08-19). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) based? +
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s registered contact address is in London (SW1A 0AA). It tells the regulator it operates in City of Westminster, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, with a focus on education.
How much is Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (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.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)? +
The register does not record Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s trustees paid? +
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) registered as a charity? +
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch) was entered on the register on 19 December 2002. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 04606846).
How does CharityCompare score Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom Branch)'s most recent accounts cover 2026. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.