Common questions about Hertford British Charitable Fund's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Hertford British Charitable Fund a good charity? +
Hertford British Charitable Fund scores 51 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 50% 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 Hertford British Charitable Fund a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Hertford British Charitable Fund as a registered charity (charity number 248198). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=248198&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 Hertford British Charitable Fund's charity number? +
Hertford British Charitable Fund's charity number is 248198. 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 Hertford British Charitable Fund's charity rating? +
Hertford British Charitable Fund scores 51 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 Hertford British Charitable Fund have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Hertford British Charitable Fund. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 red flags on this profile: high fundraising costs; very high reserves). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Hertford British Charitable Fund? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 50% of Hertford British Charitable Fund'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 Hertford British Charitable Fund's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 46% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 75% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Hertford British Charitable Fund. Hertford British Charitable Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 1 employee 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 Hertford British Charitable Fund receive? +
Hertford British Charitable Fund reported £2.9m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Hertford British Charitable Fund's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-07-22). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Hertford British Charitable Fund based? +
Hertford British Charitable Fund's registered contact address is in London (WC2A 3LH). It tells the regulator it operates in France, with a focus on disability.
How much is Hertford British Charitable Fund's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Hertford British Charitable Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 1 employee 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 Hertford British Charitable Fund's money come from? +
Hertford British Charitable Fund reported £2.9m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were investments £2.9m (100%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Hertford British Charitable Fund? +
The register does not record Hertford British Charitable Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Hertford British Charitable Fund's trustees paid? +
Hertford British Charitable Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Hertford British Charitable Fund previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Hertford British Charitable Fund: Hertford British Hospital Corporation, Paris.
When was Hertford British Charitable Fund registered as a charity? +
Hertford British Charitable Fund was entered on the register on 15 August 1991. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00878934).
How does CharityCompare score Hertford British Charitable Fund? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Hertford British Charitable Fund'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 Hertford British Charitable Fund'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.