Common questions about National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is National Fire Chiefs Council Limited a good charity? +
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited scores 65 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 92% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. 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 National Fire Chiefs Council Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists National Fire Chiefs Council Limited as a registered charity (charity number 1074071). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1074071&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 National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's charity number? +
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's charity number is 1074071. 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 National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's charity rating? +
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited scores 65 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 National Fire Chiefs Council Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for National Fire Chiefs Council Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: late accounts filing). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches National Fire Chiefs Council Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 92% of National Fire Chiefs Council Limited'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 National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 8% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 10% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at National Fire Chiefs Council Limited. National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 31 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 National Fire Chiefs Council Limited receive? +
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited reported £13m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2025-10-03). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is National Fire Chiefs Council Limited based? +
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's registered contact address is in London (WC2H 9JQ). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on community.
How much is National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 31 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's money come from? +
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited reported £13m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £10m (81%), trading and fundraising events £2.3m (18%), donations and legacies £119k (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to National Fire Chiefs Council Limited? +
The register does not record National Fire Chiefs Council Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's trustees paid? +
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was National Fire Chiefs Council Limited previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for National Fire Chiefs Council Limited: The Chief Fire Officers' Association.
When was National Fire Chiefs Council Limited registered as a charity? +
National Fire Chiefs Council Limited was entered on the register on 19 February 1999. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03677186).
How does CharityCompare score National Fire Chiefs Council Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in National Fire Chiefs Council Limited'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 National Fire Chiefs Council Limited'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.