Common questions about Royal Institute of British Architects's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Royal Institute of British Architects a good charity? +
Royal Institute of British Architects scores 70 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 77% 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 Royal Institute of British Architects a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Royal Institute of British Architects as a registered charity (charity number 210566). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=210566&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 Royal Institute of British Architects's charity number? +
Royal Institute of British Architects's charity number is 210566. 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 Royal Institute of British Architects's charity rating? +
Royal Institute of British Architects scores 70 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 Royal Institute of British Architects have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Royal Institute of British Architects. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: very high reserves). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Royal Institute of British Architects? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 77% of Royal Institute of British Architects'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 Royal Institute of British Architects's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 20% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 23% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Royal Institute of British Architects. Royal Institute of British Architects's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 44 employees paid more than £60,000, including 10 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (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 Royal Institute of British Architects receive? +
Royal Institute of British Architects reported £31m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Royal Institute of British Architects's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-09). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Royal Institute of British Architects based? +
Royal Institute of British Architects's registered contact address is in London (W1B 1AD). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Chile, China, with a focus on environment.
How much is Royal Institute of British Architects's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Royal Institute of British Architects's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 44 employees paid more than £60,000, including 10 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (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 Royal Institute of British Architects's money come from? +
Royal Institute of British Architects reported £31m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £17m (57%), trading and fundraising events £7m (23%), investments £5.8m (19%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Royal Institute of British Architects? +
The register records Royal Institute of British Architects 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 Royal Institute of British Architects's trustees paid? +
Royal Institute of British Architects's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was Royal Institute of British Architects registered as a charity? +
Royal Institute of British Architects was entered on the register on 14 August 1962. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number RC000484).
How does CharityCompare score Royal Institute of British Architects? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Royal Institute of British Architects'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 Royal Institute of British Architects'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.