Common questions about Jisc's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Jisc a good charity? +
Jisc scores 62 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 55% 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 Jisc a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Jisc as a registered charity (charity number 1149740). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1149740&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 Jisc's charity number? +
Jisc's charity number is 1149740. 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 Jisc's charity rating? +
Jisc scores 62 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 Jisc have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Jisc. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Jisc? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 55% of Jisc'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 Jisc's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 45% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 47% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Jisc. Jisc's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 227 employees paid more than £60,000, including 18 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (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 Jisc receive? +
Jisc reported £151m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are Jisc's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-16). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Jisc based? +
Jisc's registered contact address is in Bristol (BS1 6NB). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on disability.
How much is Jisc's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Jisc's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 227 employees paid more than £60,000, including 18 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (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 Jisc's money come from? +
Jisc reported £151m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £69m (46%), trading and fundraising events £54m (36%), charitable activities £26m (18%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Jisc? +
The register does not record Jisc as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Jisc's trustees paid? +
Jisc's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was Jisc previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Jisc: The Jisc Content Procurement Company Limited.
When was Jisc registered as a charity? +
Jisc was entered on the register on 13 November 2012. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05747339).
How does CharityCompare score Jisc? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Jisc'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 Jisc'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.