--- title: "Embrace the Middle East rating & legitimacy | CharityCompare" description: "Is Embrace the Middle East a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 99/100. Accounts 2024: income £5.8m · 85% on charitable activities. Reg 1076329." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/embrace-the-middle-east retrieved: 2026-08-18T00:47:45.382Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Embrace the Middle East a good charity? Embrace the Middle East scores 99/100 (5 stars, Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£5.8m total income, 85% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Hemel Hempstead · HP11 1BG | Reg [1076329](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/embrace-the-middle-east) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.embraceme.org/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1076329) Donate ## How can you give to EMBRACE THE MIDDLE EAST? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official EMBRACE THE MIDDLE EAST form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.embraceme.org/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1076329) ## What does Embrace the Middle East do? Embrace the Middle East is a registered charity (no. 1076329) working in international aid in Hemel Hempstead · HP11 1BG. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 85% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 6 months of reserves, and files its annual accounts on time. Reported income has been growing (≈8% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — Embrace the Middle East hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=embrace-the-middle-east) **In short:** EMBRACE THE MIDDLE EAST scores 99 out of 100 (5 stars). 85% average program spend (3-year average). Filings are up to date with no major concerns. ## What is Embrace the Middle East? Embrace the Middle East has a Clarity Score of 99 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars, Exceptional). Charity Commission registration number 1076329. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: International aid. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £5.8m, with 85% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: up to date. Reserves: approximately 6 months of operating costs. No major red flags from our filing review. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 99/100 5★ · Exceptional Cause spend 85% 3-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 100/100 Finance beacon Income £5.8m Latest year 2024 Reserves 6 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing On time Charity Commission £11.2 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 11% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: high ## How does EMBRACE THE MIDDLE EAST compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers EMBRACE THE MIDDLE EAST scores higher than. Income band (£5m–£10m)100thpercentile **Scores higher than 100% of 619 charities in its income band** · 99/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). International aid charities98thpercentile **Scores higher than 98% of 618 charities in this cause** · 99/100 vs 75 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Embrace the Middle East's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2024 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 High confidence — complete filing data Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is Embrace the Middle East's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 100% | 15/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 11 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 6 months · 15/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 10/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 100% | 4% · 5/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 95/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 90% | 85% · 9/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 9p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 143 volunteers / 35 staff · 10/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Embrace the Middle East's Clarity Score? 99/100 total · Exceptional · 5 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 100/100 Accountability & Transparency 100/100 Financial Health 95/100 Financial Efficiency 100/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 Filing history (5 years)15/15 pts Trustee oversight11 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies10/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 100/100 Reserves (months of cash)6 months · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth10/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets4% · 5/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 95/100 Program expense ratio85% · 9/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency9p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio143 volunteers / 35 staff · 10/10 pts ## How much does Embrace the Middle East raise and spend? Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £5.8m | — | | Total expenditure | £4.9m | — | | Charitable activities | £4.2m | 87% | | Fundraising | £635k | 13% | | Governance & admin | £100k | 2% | 87%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2024) · £4.9m spent - Charitable activities87% · £4.2m - Fundraising13% · £635k - Governance2% · £100k ## What trust indicators does Embrace the Middle East have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - ✓ Accounts filed on time up to date · last filing 24 June 2026 - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 11 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 35 employees · 143 volunteers (4:1 volunteer-to-staff) Fundraising Regulator Status not yet checked Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1076329 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1076329) ### Trustees & officers - BENJAMIN WILLIAM EDWARD MORGAN since 2018 - Victoria Jane Smith since 2019 - William John Clyde Mitchell OBE Chair · since 2019 - Rev Dr Canon James Douglas Thomas Hawkey since 2020 - Katharine Lucy Von Schubert since 2020 - Katherine May Hodkinson since 2020 - Rev Joshua Lloyd Harris since 2022 - Rev Iain Osborne since 2024 - Kristiina Wells since 2024 - Sara Elizabeth Connell since 2025 - Janet Bow Bolton since 2025 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have Embrace the Middle East's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about Embrace the Middle East? Overall score 99/100 (5★) Income £5.8m Cause spend 85% of expenditure Reg number 1076329 Scope Local (hemel-hempstead) Reserves 6 months Trustees 11 Accounts year 2024 Filing up to date ## How does EMBRACE THE MIDDLE EAST compare, and where else can you look? 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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 Embrace the Middle East a legitimate charity? + Yes — Embrace the Middle East is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1076329). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1076329. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Embrace the Middle East's charity number? + Embrace the Middle East's charity number is 1076329. 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 Embrace the Middle East's charity rating? + Embrace the Middle East scores 99 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score V1 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 Embrace the Middle East have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Embrace the Middle East. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts. For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches Embrace the Middle East? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, 85% of Embrace the Middle East'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 Embrace the Middle East's overheads? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 9% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 11% of total expenditure at Embrace the Middle East. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Embrace the Middle East's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does Embrace the Middle East receive? + Embrace the Middle East reported £5.8m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing. Are Embrace the Middle East's accounts up to date? + Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is Embrace the Middle East based? + Embrace the Middle East is listed at Hemel Hempstead · HP11 1BG, focused on international aid. How does CharityCompare score Embrace the Middle East? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Embrace the Middle East'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 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Embrace the Middle East'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.