Common questions about Relief International UK's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Relief International UK a good charity? +
Relief International UK scores 60 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% 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 Relief International UK a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Relief International UK as a registered charity (charity number 1098106). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1098106&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 Relief International UK's charity number? +
Relief International UK's charity number is 1098106. 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 Relief International UK's charity rating? +
Relief International UK scores 60 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 Relief International UK have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Relief International UK. 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 Relief International UK? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of Relief International UK'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 Relief International UK'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 0% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Relief International UK. Relief International UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 7 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 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 Relief International UK receive? +
Relief International UK reported £41m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are Relief International UK's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-31). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Relief International UK based? +
Relief International UK's registered contact address is in London (W1J 8AJ). It tells the regulator it operates in London, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, with a focus on international aid.
How much is Relief International UK's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Relief International UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 7 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 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 Relief International UK's money come from? +
Relief International UK reported £41m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £34m (83%), donations and legacies £6.8m (17%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Relief International UK? +
The register records Relief International UK 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 Relief International UK's trustees paid? +
Relief International UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Relief International UK previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Relief International UK: Relief UK.
When was Relief International UK registered as a charity? +
Relief International UK was entered on the register on 19 June 2003. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 04476247).
How does CharityCompare score Relief International UK? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Relief International UK'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 Relief International UK'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.