Common questions about The British Nutrition Foundation's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The British Nutrition Foundation a good charity? +
The British Nutrition Foundation scores 92 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 92% 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 British Nutrition Foundation a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The British Nutrition Foundation as a registered charity (charity number 251681). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=251681&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 British Nutrition Foundation's charity number? +
The British Nutrition Foundation's charity number is 251681. 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 British Nutrition Foundation's charity rating? +
The British Nutrition Foundation scores 92 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 British Nutrition Foundation have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The British Nutrition Foundation. 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 British Nutrition Foundation? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 92% of The British Nutrition Foundation'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 British Nutrition Foundation's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 8% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 16% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The British Nutrition Foundation. The British Nutrition Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 May 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (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 British Nutrition Foundation receive? +
The British Nutrition Foundation reported £1.8m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The British Nutrition Foundation's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-12). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The British Nutrition Foundation based? +
The British Nutrition Foundation's registered contact address is in London (WC1V 6HG). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on health.
How much is The British Nutrition Foundation's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The British Nutrition Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 May 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (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 British Nutrition Foundation's money come from? +
The British Nutrition Foundation reported £1.8m total income for the year ending 31 May 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £851k (48%), donations and legacies £684k (39%), trading and fundraising events £211k (12%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The British Nutrition Foundation? +
The register does not record The British Nutrition Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The British Nutrition Foundation's trustees paid? +
The British Nutrition Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 May 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The British Nutrition Foundation registered as a charity? +
The British Nutrition Foundation was entered on the register on 7 March 1967. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00898651).
How does CharityCompare score The British Nutrition Foundation? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The British Nutrition Foundation'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 British Nutrition Foundation'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.