Common questions about Crimestoppers Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Crimestoppers Trust a good charity? +
Crimestoppers Trust scores 91 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) 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 Crimestoppers Trust a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Crimestoppers Trust as a registered charity (charity number 1108687). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1108687&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 Crimestoppers Trust's charity number? +
Crimestoppers Trust's charity number is 1108687. 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 Crimestoppers Trust's charity rating? +
Crimestoppers Trust scores 91 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). 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 Crimestoppers Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Crimestoppers Trust. 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 Crimestoppers Trust? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 91% of Crimestoppers Trust'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 Crimestoppers Trust'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 9% of expenditure (2024–2026, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Crimestoppers Trust. Crimestoppers Trust'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 £140,001–£150,000 (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 Crimestoppers Trust receive? +
Crimestoppers Trust reported £8.0m total income in its 2026 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Crimestoppers Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-08-20). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Crimestoppers Trust based? +
Crimestoppers Trust's register entry is at United Kingdom. It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, with a focus on community.
How much is Crimestoppers Trust's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Crimestoppers Trust'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 £140,001–£150,000 (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 Crimestoppers Trust's money come from? +
Crimestoppers Trust reported £8m total income for the year ending 31 March 2026. The largest sources were charitable activities £4.6m (58%), donations and legacies £2.6m (33%), trading and fundraising events £557k (7%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Crimestoppers Trust? +
The register records Crimestoppers Trust 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 Crimestoppers Trust's trustees paid? +
Crimestoppers Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Crimestoppers Trust registered as a charity? +
Crimestoppers Trust was entered on the register on 22 March 2005. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05382856).
How does CharityCompare score Crimestoppers Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Crimestoppers Trust'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 Crimestoppers Trust'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.