Common questions about Compassion in World Farming International's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Compassion in World Farming International a good charity? +
Compassion in World Farming International scores 73 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 73% 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 Compassion in World Farming International a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Compassion in World Farming International as a registered charity (charity number 1095050). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1095050&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 Compassion in World Farming International's charity number? +
Compassion in World Farming International's charity number is 1095050. 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 Compassion in World Farming International's charity rating? +
Compassion in World Farming International scores 73 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 Compassion in World Farming International have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Compassion in World Farming International. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Compassion in World Farming International? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 73% of Compassion in World Farming 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 Compassion in World Farming International's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 27% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 29% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Compassion in World Farming International. Compassion in World Farming International's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 32 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (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 Compassion in World Farming International receive? +
Compassion in World Farming International reported £19m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Compassion in World Farming International's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-09). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Compassion in World Farming International based? +
Compassion in World Farming International's registered contact address is in Guildford (GU7 1EZ). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Italy, with a focus on animals.
How much is Compassion in World Farming International's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Compassion in World Farming International's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 32 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (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 Compassion in World Farming International's money come from? +
Compassion in World Farming International reported £14m total income for the year ending 31 March 2026. The largest sources were donations and legacies £14m (98%), trading and fundraising events £235k (2%), investments £98k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £3.9m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Compassion in World Farming International? +
The register records Compassion in World Farming 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 Compassion in World Farming International's trustees paid? +
Compassion in World Farming International's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was Compassion in World Farming International previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Compassion in World Farming International: Compassion in World Farming; Compassion in World Farming Trust.
When was Compassion in World Farming International registered as a charity? +
Compassion in World Farming International was entered on the register on 16 December 2002. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 04590804).
How does CharityCompare score Compassion in World Farming International? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Compassion in World Farming 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 Compassion in World Farming International's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.