Common questions about The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade a good charity? +
The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade scores 76 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 97% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) 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 Export & International Trade a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade as a registered charity (charity number 1206688). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1206688&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 Export & International Trade's charity number? +
The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's charity number is 1206688. 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 Export & International Trade's charity rating? +
The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade scores 76 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 Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade. 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 Export & International Trade? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 97% of The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's total spending went to charitable activities. 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 Export & International Trade's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 3% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 3% of expenditure (2024); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade. The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 25 employees paid more than £60,000, including 8 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (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 Export & International Trade receive? +
The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade reported £16m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: limited history.
Are The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-07-22). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade based? +
The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's registered contact address is in Peterborough (PE2 6FT). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on education.
How much is The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 25 employees paid more than £60,000, including 8 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £200,001–£250,000 (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 Export & International Trade's money come from? +
The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade reported £16m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £14m (89%), trading and fundraising events £1.2m (7%), investments £510k (3%).
Are The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade's trustees paid? +
The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade'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 Export & International Trade registered as a charity? +
The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade was entered on the register on 24 January 2024.
How does CharityCompare score The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade'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 Export & International Trade'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.