Common questions about The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief a good charity? +
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 88% 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 Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief as a registered charity (charity number 290767). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=290767&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 Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's charity number? +
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's charity number is 290767. 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 Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's charity rating? +
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief scores 79 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 The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief. 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 Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 88% of The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief'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 Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 12% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 13% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief. The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports 11 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (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 Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief receive? +
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief reported £15m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-02-16). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief based? +
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's registered contact address is in London (NW2 2AD). It tells the regulator it operates in England, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, with a focus on international aid.
How much is The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports 11 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (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 Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's money come from? +
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief reported £15m total income for the year ending 30 June 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £9.9m (64%), charitable activities £5.4m (35%), investments £162k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.5m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief? +
The register records The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief 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 The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's trustees paid? +
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief registered as a charity? +
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief was entered on the register on 18 July 1985. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01874886).
How does CharityCompare score The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief'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 Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief'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.