Common questions about The Chartered Institute of Housing's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Chartered Institute of Housing a good charity? +
The Chartered Institute of Housing scores 94 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% 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 Housing a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Chartered Institute of Housing as a registered charity (charity number 244067). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=244067&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 Housing's charity number? +
The Chartered Institute of Housing's charity number is 244067. 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 Housing's charity rating? +
The Chartered Institute of Housing scores 94 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 Housing have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Chartered Institute of Housing. 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 Housing? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of The Chartered Institute of Housing'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 Housing's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 3% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Chartered Institute of Housing. The Chartered Institute of Housing's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 7 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees 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 Chartered Institute of Housing receive? +
The Chartered Institute of Housing reported £10m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Chartered Institute of Housing's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Chartered Institute of Housing based? +
The Chartered Institute of Housing's registered contact address is in Coventry (CV4 8HS). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, with a focus on homelessness.
How much is The Chartered Institute of Housing's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Chartered Institute of Housing's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 7 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees 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 Chartered Institute of Housing's money come from? +
The Chartered Institute of Housing reported £10m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £9.3m (92%), investments £338k (3%), other income £258k (3%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £12k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Chartered Institute of Housing? +
The register does not record The Chartered Institute of Housing as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Chartered Institute of Housing's trustees paid? +
The Chartered Institute of Housing's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Chartered Institute of Housing registered as a charity? +
The Chartered Institute of Housing was entered on the register on 9 August 1965.
How does CharityCompare score The Chartered Institute of Housing? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Chartered Institute of Housing'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 Housing'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.