Common questions about People International Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is People International Limited a good charity? +
People International Limited scores 80 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 92% of its spending goes to charitable activities (2-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 People International Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists People International Limited as a registered charity (charity number 280036). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=280036&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 People International Limited's charity number? +
People International Limited's charity number is 280036. 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 People International Limited's charity rating? +
People International Limited scores 80 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 People International Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for People International Limited. 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 People International Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 92% of People International Limited's total spending went to charitable activities (2-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 People International Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 1% of expenditure (2023–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at People International Limited. People International Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does People International Limited receive? +
People International Limited reported £663k total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are People International Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-14). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is People International Limited based? +
People International Limited's registered contact address is in Tunbridge Wells (TN1 1WT). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Kazakhstan, with a focus on international aid.
How much is People International Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. People International Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. 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 People International Limited's money come from? +
People International Limited reported £834k total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £820k (98%), investments £9,949 (1%), charitable activities £3,300 (0%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £56k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to People International Limited? +
The register records People International Limited 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 People International Limited's trustees paid? +
People International Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was People International Limited previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for People International Limited: Gairdner Trust Limited.
When was People International Limited registered as a charity? +
People International Limited was entered on the register on 15 May 1980. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01466313).
How does CharityCompare score People International Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in People International 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 People International Limited'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.