Common questions about International Institute of Communications's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is International Institute of Communications a good charity? +
International Institute of Communications scores 70 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) 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 International Institute of Communications a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists International Institute of Communications as a registered charity (charity number 261990). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=261990&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 International Institute of Communications's charity number? +
International Institute of Communications's charity number is 261990. 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 International Institute of Communications's charity rating? +
International Institute of Communications scores 70 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 International Institute of Communications have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for International Institute of Communications. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: insufficient trustee oversight). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches International Institute of Communications? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 97% of International Institute of Communications'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 International Institute of Communications'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 6% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at International Institute of Communications. International Institute of Communications's annual return for the year ending 31 January 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 International Institute of Communications receive? +
International Institute of Communications reported £691k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are International Institute of Communications's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-11-11). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is International Institute of Communications based? +
International Institute of Communications's registered contact address is in London (SW19 1AU). It tells the regulator it operates in Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, with a focus on education.
How much is International Institute of Communications's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. International Institute of Communications's annual return for the year ending 31 January 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 International Institute of Communications's money come from? +
International Institute of Communications reported £691k total income for the year ending 31 January 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £685k (99%), investments £6,255 (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to International Institute of Communications? +
The register does not record International Institute of Communications as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are International Institute of Communications's trustees paid? +
International Institute of Communications's annual return for the year ending 31 January 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was International Institute of Communications previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for International Institute of Communications: International Broadcast Institute Limited; The International Institute of Communications Limited.
When was International Institute of Communications registered as a charity? +
International Institute of Communications was entered on the register on 1 January 1971. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00996225).
How does CharityCompare score International Institute of Communications? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in International Institute of Communications'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 International Institute of Communications'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.