Common questions about The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators a good charity? +
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators scores 96 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 91% 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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as a registered charity (charity number 803725). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=803725&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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's charity number? +
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's charity number is 803725. 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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's charity rating? +
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators scores 96 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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. 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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 91% of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators'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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 9% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 11% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 16 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £250,001–£300,000 (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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators receive? +
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators reported £9.7m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-31). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators based? +
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's registered contact address is in London (WC1A 2LP). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, with a focus on education.
How much is The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 16 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £250,001–£300,000 (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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's money come from? +
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators reported £9.7m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £6.1m (63%), trading and fundraising events £2.7m (27%), other income £771k (8%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators? +
The register does not record The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's trustees paid? +
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators registered as a charity? +
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators was entered on the register on 19 July 1990.
How does CharityCompare score The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators'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 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators'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.