Common questions about Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity a good charity? +
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity scores 54 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% 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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity as a registered charity (charity number 235822). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=235822&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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's charity number? +
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's charity number is 235822. 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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's charity rating? +
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity scores 54 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). 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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 red flags on this profile: insufficient trustee oversight; 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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity'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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 2% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity. Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 71 employees paid more than £60,000, including 18 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £350,001–£400,000 (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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity receive? +
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity reported £66m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2025-10-31). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity based? +
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's registered contact address is in London (NW8 9NH). It tells the regulator it operates in City of Westminster, with a focus on health.
How much is Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 71 employees paid more than £60,000, including 18 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £350,001–£400,000 (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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's money come from? +
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity reported £66m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £63m (95%), donations and legacies £3m (5%), trading and fundraising events £593k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.2m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity? +
The register records Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity 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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's trustees paid? +
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity: Ss. John and Elizabeth Hospital Charities.
When was Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity registered as a charity? +
Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity was entered on the register on 27 August 1964.
How does CharityCompare score Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity'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 Ss. John and Elizabeth Charity'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.