--- title: "Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor rating | CharityCompare" description: "Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor scores 30/100 (Poor). Latest accounts 2025: income £116k · cause-spend split not disclosed. Reg 294638." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/imperial-society-of-knights-bachelor retrieved: 2026-08-18T01:37:06.386Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor a good charity? Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor scores 30/100 (2 stars, Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£116k total income, cause-spend split not disclosed). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. London · UK-wide · EC4V 5EX | Reg [294638](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/imperial-society-of-knights-bachelor) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.iskb.co.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/294638) Donate ## How can you give to IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.iskb.co.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=294638) ## What does Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor do? Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor is a registered charity (no. 294638) working in poverty relief across the United Kingdom. Its latest Charity Commission filing does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in recent filings, holding roughly 49 months of reserves, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income changed sharply in 2022 (likely a merger, transfer or reporting change) — year-on-year trend labels are not meaningful across that step. 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 — Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=imperial-society-of-knights-bachelor) **In short:** IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR scores 30 out of 100 (2 stars). Cause-spend split not disclosed in recent filings. Review the pillar breakdown below. ## What is Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor? Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor has a Clarity Score of 30 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars, Poor). Charity Commission registration number 294638. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Poverty relief. Latest accounts year 2025: total income £116k, cause-spend split not disclosed in that filing. Accounts filing: late. Reserves: approximately 49 months of operating costs. 3 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. 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 30/100 2★ · Poor Cause spend N/D Not disclosed in filings Accountability 38/100 Finance beacon Income £116k Latest year 2025 Reserves 49 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing Late Check register Fundraising efficiency not stated · Overhead not disclosed · Website on register · Confidence: medium ## How does IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR scores higher than. Income band (£100k–£500k)0thpercentile **Scores higher than 0% of 972 charities in its income band** · 30/100 vs 70 peer average (marker). Poverty relief charities0thpercentile **Scores higher than 0% of 1,502 charities in this cause** · 30/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2025 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 Medium confidence — some data missing or late 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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor'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. 38/100 | 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. | 0% | 0/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 12 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 0% | 0/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 17/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 0% | 49 months · 0/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 10% | 1/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 80% | 14% · 4/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 50/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 0% | Not stated · 0/10 pts | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 0/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 0% | Not reported · 0/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor's Clarity Score? 30/100 total · Poor · 2 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 38/100 Accountability & Transparency 17/100 Financial Health 50/100 Financial Efficiency 0/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 38/100 Filing history (5 years)0/15 pts Trustee oversight12 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies0/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 17/100 Reserves (months of cash)49 months · 0/15 pts Income stability / growth1/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets14% · 4/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 50/100 Program expense ratioNot stated · 0/10 pts Fundraising efficiency0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 0/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratioNot reported · 0/10 pts ## How much does Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor raise and spend? Latest filed year 2025 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £116k | — | | Total expenditure | £178k | — | | Charitable activities | Not disclosed | — | ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2025) · £178k spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split. ## What trust indicators does Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - — Accounts filed on time Filing status: late - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 12 trustees on the Charity Commission register 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 294638 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/294638) ### Trustees & officers - SIR MICHAEL HIRST - SIR BEN KINGSLEY since 2013 - SIR PRITPAL SINGH since 2013 - THE RT HON SIR TONY BALDRY since 2016 - The Rt Hon Sir Gary Hickinbottom Chair · since 2017 - Sir Roger Fry CBE since 2017 - Sir Andrew Parmley PhD since 2020 - Sir Mark Rowley QPM since 2020 - Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE CMG KC since 2023 - Sir Anthony Everington since 2023 - SIR MICHAEL GRIFFITHS since 2025 - The Rt Hon Sir Peter Riddell CBE 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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor'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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor? Overall score 30/100 (2★) Income £116k Cause spend Not disclosed Reg number 294638 Scope UK-wide Reserves 49 months Trustees 12 Accounts year 2025 Filing late ## How does IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR compare, and where else can you look? 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Its recent filings do not disclose a charitable-activities spend split 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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor a legitimate charity? + Yes — Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 294638). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/294638. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor's charity number? + Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor's charity number is 294638. 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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor's charity rating? + Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor scores 30 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). 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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (3 filing concern(s) noted 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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor? + Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in its recent UK regulator filings, so there is no official figure for how much of a donation reaches the cause. CharityCompare reports this as "not disclosed" rather than assuming a number. What are Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor's overheads? + Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor's recent UK regulator filings do not disclose a fundraising or governance cost split, so no official overhead percentage is available. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor'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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor receive? + Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor reported £116k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: restructured. Are Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor's accounts up to date? + Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor based? + Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor is listed at London · UK-wide · EC4V 5EX and operates UK-wide, focused on poverty relief. How does CharityCompare score Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor'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 Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor'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.