Common questions about Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Ruskin Mill Trust Limited a good charity? +
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited scores 87 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 89% 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 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Ruskin Mill Trust Limited as a registered charity (charity number 1137167). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1137167&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 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's charity number? +
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's charity number is 1137167. 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 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's charity rating? +
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited scores 87 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 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Ruskin Mill Trust 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 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 89% of Ruskin Mill Trust 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 Ruskin Mill Trust 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 (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Ruskin Mill Trust Limited. Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 27 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (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 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited receive? +
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited reported £74m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-23). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Ruskin Mill Trust Limited based? +
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's registered contact address is in Gloucester (GL6 0LA). It tells the regulator it operates in Sheffield City, Birmingham City, Dudley, Gloucestershire, North Yorkshire, Pembrokeshire, with a focus on disability.
How much is Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 27 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (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 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's money come from? +
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited reported £74m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £65m (88%), trading and fundraising events £8.3m (11%), donations and legacies £799k (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Ruskin Mill Trust Limited? +
The register records Ruskin Mill Trust 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 Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's trustees paid? +
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 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.
What was Ruskin Mill Trust Limited previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Ruskin Mill Trust Limited: R Mill Limited; Ruskin Mill Educational Trust Limited.
When was Ruskin Mill Trust Limited registered as a charity? +
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited was entered on the register on 29 July 2010. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07252866).
How does CharityCompare score Ruskin Mill Trust Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Ruskin Mill Trust 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 Ruskin Mill Trust 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.