Common questions about Msi Reproductive Choices's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Msi Reproductive Choices a good charity? +
Msi Reproductive Choices scores 64 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 99% 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 Msi Reproductive Choices a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Msi Reproductive Choices as a registered charity (charity number 265543). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=265543&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 Msi Reproductive Choices's charity number? +
Msi Reproductive Choices's charity number is 265543. 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 Msi Reproductive Choices's charity rating? +
Msi Reproductive Choices scores 64 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 Msi Reproductive Choices have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Msi Reproductive Choices. 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 Msi Reproductive Choices? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 99% of Msi Reproductive Choices'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 Msi Reproductive Choices's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 1% 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 Msi Reproductive Choices. Msi Reproductive Choices's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 192 employees paid more than £60,000, including 53 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £450,001–£500,000 (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 Msi Reproductive Choices receive? +
Msi Reproductive Choices reported £310m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Msi Reproductive Choices's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-08-22). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Msi Reproductive Choices based? +
Msi Reproductive Choices's register entry is at United Kingdom. It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is Msi Reproductive Choices's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Msi Reproductive Choices's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 192 employees paid more than £60,000, including 53 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £450,001–£500,000 (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 Msi Reproductive Choices's money come from? +
Msi Reproductive Choices reported £310m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £291m (94%), investments £9m (3%), donations and legacies £6.8m (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.9m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Msi Reproductive Choices? +
The register records Msi Reproductive Choices 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 Msi Reproductive Choices's trustees paid? +
Msi Reproductive Choices's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Msi Reproductive Choices previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Msi Reproductive Choices: Marie Stopes International; Population Services (Family Planning Programme) Limited.
When was Msi Reproductive Choices registered as a charity? +
Msi Reproductive Choices was entered on the register on 9 May 1973. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01102208).
How does CharityCompare score Msi Reproductive Choices? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Msi Reproductive Choices'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 Msi Reproductive Choices'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.