Common questions about Mountbatten Isle of Wight's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Mountbatten Isle of Wight a good charity? +
Mountbatten Isle of Wight scores 84 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 75% 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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Mountbatten Isle of Wight as a registered charity (charity number 1039086). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1039086&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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight's charity number? +
Mountbatten Isle of Wight's charity number is 1039086. 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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight's charity rating? +
Mountbatten Isle of Wight scores 84 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). 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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Mountbatten Isle of Wight. 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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 75% of Mountbatten Isle of Wight'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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 25% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 25% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Mountbatten Isle of Wight. Mountbatten Isle of Wight's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 11 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight receive? +
Mountbatten Isle of Wight reported £18m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Mountbatten Isle of Wight's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-28). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Mountbatten Isle of Wight based? +
Mountbatten Isle of Wight's registered contact address is in Portsmouth (PO30 2ER). It tells the regulator it operates in Isle of Wight, with a focus on health.
How much is Mountbatten Isle of Wight's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Mountbatten Isle of Wight's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 11 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight's money come from? +
Mountbatten Isle of Wight reported £18m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £8.5m (48%), trading and fundraising events £4.5m (25%), donations and legacies £4.5m (25%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £2.4m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Mountbatten Isle of Wight? +
The register records Mountbatten Isle of Wight 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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight's trustees paid? +
Mountbatten Isle of Wight's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Mountbatten Isle of Wight previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Mountbatten Isle of Wight: Earl Mountbatten Hospice.
When was Mountbatten Isle of Wight registered as a charity? +
Mountbatten Isle of Wight was entered on the register on 1 July 1994. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02929267).
How does CharityCompare score Mountbatten Isle of Wight? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Mountbatten Isle of Wight'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 Mountbatten Isle of Wight'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.