Common questions about The Biochemical Society's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Biochemical Society a good charity? +
The Biochemical Society scores 90 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 99% 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 The Biochemical Society a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Biochemical Society as a registered charity (charity number 253894). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=253894&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 The Biochemical Society's charity number? +
The Biochemical Society's charity number is 253894. 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 The Biochemical Society's charity rating? +
The Biochemical Society scores 90 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). 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 The Biochemical Society have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Biochemical Society. 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 The Biochemical Society? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 99% of The Biochemical Society'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 The Biochemical Society's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 1% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 6% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Biochemical Society. The Biochemical Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee 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 The Biochemical Society receive? +
The Biochemical Society reported £4.8m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are The Biochemical Society's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-27). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Biochemical Society based? +
The Biochemical Society's registered contact address is in London (EC1V 9DD). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is The Biochemical Society's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Biochemical Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 6 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee 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 The Biochemical Society's money come from? +
The Biochemical Society reported £4.8m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £4.3m (90%), investments £351k (7%), donations and legacies £132k (3%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Biochemical Society? +
The register does not record The Biochemical Society as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Biochemical Society's trustees paid? +
The Biochemical Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Biochemical Society registered as a charity? +
The Biochemical Society was entered on the register on 18 October 1967. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00892796).
How does CharityCompare score The Biochemical Society? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Biochemical Society'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 The Biochemical Society'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.