Common questions about International Rescue Committee, UKk's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is International Rescue Committee, UKk a good charity? +
International Rescue Committee, UKk scores 66 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 94% 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 Rescue Committee, UKk a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists International Rescue Committee, UKk as a registered charity (charity number 1065972). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1065972&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 Rescue Committee, UKk's charity number? +
International Rescue Committee, UKk's charity number is 1065972. 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 Rescue Committee, UKk's charity rating? +
International Rescue Committee, UKk 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 Rescue Committee, UKk have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for International Rescue Committee, UKk. 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 Rescue Committee, UKk? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 94% of International Rescue Committee, UKk'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 Rescue Committee, UKk's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 6% 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 Rescue Committee, UKk. International Rescue Committee, UKk's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 88 employees paid more than £60,000, including 4 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (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 Rescue Committee, UKk receive? +
International Rescue Committee, UKk reported £104m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are International Rescue Committee, UKk's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-07-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is International Rescue Committee, UKk based? +
International Rescue Committee, UKk's registered contact address is in London (EC2V 7AN). It tells the regulator it operates in Afghanistan, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, with a focus on international aid.
How much is International Rescue Committee, UKk's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. International Rescue Committee, UKk's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 88 employees paid more than £60,000, including 4 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (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 Rescue Committee, UKk's money come from? +
International Rescue Committee, UKk reported £104m total income for the year ending 30 September 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £97m (93%), donations and legacies £7.3m (7%), investments £170k (0%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £100k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to International Rescue Committee, UKk? +
The register records International Rescue Committee, UKk as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are International Rescue Committee, UKk's trustees paid? +
International Rescue Committee, UKk's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was International Rescue Committee, UKk previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for International Rescue Committee, UKk: Irc Europe.
When was International Rescue Committee, UKk registered as a charity? +
International Rescue Committee, UKk was entered on the register on 20 November 1997. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03458056).
How does CharityCompare score International Rescue Committee, UKk? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in International Rescue Committee, UKk'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 Rescue Committee, UKk'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.