Common questions about Islamic Relief Worldwide's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Islamic Relief Worldwide a good charity? +
Islamic Relief Worldwide scores 93 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 91% 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 Islamic Relief Worldwide a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Islamic Relief Worldwide as a registered charity (charity number 328158). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=328158&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 Islamic Relief Worldwide's charity number? +
Islamic Relief Worldwide's charity number is 328158. 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 Islamic Relief Worldwide's charity rating? +
Islamic Relief Worldwide scores 93 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). 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 Islamic Relief Worldwide have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Islamic Relief Worldwide. 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 Islamic Relief Worldwide? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 91% of Islamic Relief Worldwide'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 Islamic Relief Worldwide's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 7% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 8% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Islamic Relief Worldwide. Islamic Relief Worldwide's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 36 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (2 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Islamic Relief Worldwide receive? +
Islamic Relief Worldwide reported £276m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Islamic Relief Worldwide's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-09-05). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Islamic Relief Worldwide based? +
Islamic Relief Worldwide's registered contact address is in Birmingham (B5 6LB). It tells the regulator it operates in Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Ethiopia, with a focus on international aid.
How much is Islamic Relief Worldwide's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Islamic Relief Worldwide's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 36 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (2 employees). 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 Islamic Relief Worldwide's money come from? +
Islamic Relief Worldwide reported £239m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £203m (85%), charitable activities £31m (13%), trading and fundraising events £3.9m (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £118.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Islamic Relief Worldwide? +
The register records Islamic Relief Worldwide 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 Islamic Relief Worldwide's trustees paid? +
Islamic Relief Worldwide's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Islamic Relief Worldwide previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Islamic Relief Worldwide: Islamic Relief.
When was Islamic Relief Worldwide registered as a charity? +
Islamic Relief Worldwide was entered on the register on 6 April 1989. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02365572).
How does CharityCompare score Islamic Relief Worldwide? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Islamic Relief Worldwide'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 Islamic Relief Worldwide'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.