Common questions about Education Policy Institute's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Education Policy Institute a good charity? +
Education Policy Institute scores 77 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 85% 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 Education Policy Institute a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Education Policy Institute as a registered charity (charity number 1102186). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1102186&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 Education Policy Institute's charity number? +
Education Policy Institute's charity number is 1102186. 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 Education Policy Institute's charity rating? +
Education Policy Institute 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 Education Policy Institute have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Education Policy Institute. 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 Education Policy Institute? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 85% of Education Policy Institute'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 Education Policy Institute's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 15% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 17% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Education Policy Institute. Education Policy Institute's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 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 Education Policy Institute receive? +
Education Policy Institute reported £1.4m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Education Policy Institute's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Education Policy Institute based? +
Education Policy Institute's registered contact address is in London (SW1W 9TR). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on health.
How much is Education Policy Institute's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Education Policy Institute's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 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.
Where does Education Policy Institute's money come from? +
Education Policy Institute reported £1.4m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £882k (64%), donations and legacies £451k (33%), investments £39k (3%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Education Policy Institute? +
The register records Education Policy Institute 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 Education Policy Institute's trustees paid? +
Education Policy Institute's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Education Policy Institute previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Education Policy Institute: Centre for Reform.
When was Education Policy Institute registered as a charity? +
Education Policy Institute was entered on the register on 19 February 2004. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 04579498).
How does CharityCompare score Education Policy Institute? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Education Policy Institute'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 Education Policy Institute'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.