Common questions about International Pole and Line Foundation's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is International Pole and Line Foundation a good charity? +
International Pole and Line Foundation scores 66 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 33% 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 Pole and Line Foundation a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists International Pole and Line Foundation as a registered charity (charity number 1145586). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1145586&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 Pole and Line Foundation's charity number? +
International Pole and Line Foundation's charity number is 1145586. 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 Pole and Line Foundation's charity rating? +
International Pole and Line Foundation scores 66 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 Pole and Line Foundation have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for International Pole and Line Foundation. 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 International Pole and Line Foundation? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 33% of International Pole and Line Foundation'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 Pole and Line Foundation's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 1% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at International Pole and Line Foundation. International Pole and Line Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (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 Pole and Line Foundation receive? +
International Pole and Line Foundation reported £1.4m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are International Pole and Line Foundation's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-22). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is International Pole and Line Foundation based? +
International Pole and Line Foundation's registered contact address is in Oxford (OX2 9GG). It tells the regulator it operates in Indonesia, Maldives, Netherlands, South Africa, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is International Pole and Line Foundation's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. International Pole and Line Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (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 Pole and Line Foundation's money come from? +
International Pole and Line Foundation reported £1.4m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.1m (77%), other income £319k (23%), investments £343 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to International Pole and Line Foundation? +
The register does not record International Pole and Line Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are International Pole and Line Foundation's trustees paid? +
International Pole and Line Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was International Pole and Line Foundation registered as a charity? +
International Pole and Line Foundation was entered on the register on 23 January 2012. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07788763).
How does CharityCompare score International Pole and Line Foundation? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in International Pole and Line Foundation'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 Pole and Line Foundation's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.