Common questions about Institute for Voluntary Action Research's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Institute for Voluntary Action Research a good charity? +
Institute for Voluntary Action Research scores 82 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 97% 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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Institute for Voluntary Action Research as a registered charity (charity number 1114403). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1114403&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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research's charity number? +
Institute for Voluntary Action Research's charity number is 1114403. 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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research's charity rating? +
Institute for Voluntary Action Research scores 82 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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Institute for Voluntary Action Research. 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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 97% of Institute for Voluntary Action Research'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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 3% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 4% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Institute for Voluntary Action Research. Institute for Voluntary Action Research's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research receive? +
Institute for Voluntary Action Research reported £1.0m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Institute for Voluntary Action Research's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-20). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Institute for Voluntary Action Research based? +
Institute for Voluntary Action Research's registered contact address is in London (SE115RR). It tells the regulator it operates in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales, with a focus on education.
How much is Institute for Voluntary Action Research's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Institute for Voluntary Action Research's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research's money come from? +
Institute for Voluntary Action Research reported £1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £633k (62%), donations and legacies £370k (36%), investments £16k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Institute for Voluntary Action Research? +
The register does not record Institute for Voluntary Action Research as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Institute for Voluntary Action Research's trustees paid? +
Institute for Voluntary Action Research's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Institute for Voluntary Action Research registered as a charity? +
Institute for Voluntary Action Research was entered on the register on 30 May 2006. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05695711).
How does CharityCompare score Institute for Voluntary Action Research? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Institute for Voluntary Action Research'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 Institute for Voluntary Action Research'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.