Common questions about European Leadership Network's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is European Leadership Network a good charity? +
European Leadership Network scores 46 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 87% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) and its accounts are late. 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 European Leadership Network a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists European Leadership Network as a registered charity (charity number 1208594). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1208594&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 European Leadership Network's charity number? +
European Leadership Network's charity number is 1208594. 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 European Leadership Network's charity rating? +
European Leadership Network scores 46 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). 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 European Leadership Network have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for European Leadership Network. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: late accounts filing). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches European Leadership Network? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 87% of European Leadership Network's total spending went to charitable activities. 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 European Leadership Network's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 13% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 13% of expenditure (2025); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at European Leadership Network. European Leadership Network's annual return for the year ending 28 February 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (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 European Leadership Network receive? +
European Leadership Network reported £1.3m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: limited history.
Are European Leadership Network's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-02-25). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is European Leadership Network based? +
European Leadership Network's registered contact address is in London (SW1Y 4JU). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Switzerland, Germany, Montenegro, Turkey, with a focus on human rights.
How much is European Leadership Network's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. European Leadership Network's annual return for the year ending 28 February 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (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 European Leadership Network's money come from? +
European Leadership Network reported £1.3m total income for the year ending 28 February 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.3m (100%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to European Leadership Network? +
The register records European Leadership Network 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 European Leadership Network's trustees paid? +
European Leadership Network's annual return for the year ending 28 February 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was European Leadership Network registered as a charity? +
European Leadership Network was entered on the register on 10 June 2024. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07521896).
How does CharityCompare score European Leadership Network? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in European Leadership Network'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 European Leadership Network'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.