Common questions about The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences a good charity? +
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences scores 68 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% 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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences as a registered charity (charity number 254543). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=254543&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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's charity number? +
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's charity number is 254543. 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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's charity rating? +
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences scores 68 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences. 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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences'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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 1% 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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences. The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 33 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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences receive? +
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences reported £72m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-08-04). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences based? +
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's registered contact address is in London (SW7 2AP). It tells the regulator it operates in City of Westminster, with a focus on environment.
How much is The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 33 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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's money come from? +
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences reported £72m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £48m (67%), trading and fundraising events £16m (22%), donations and legacies £4.6m (6%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences? +
The register records The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences 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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's trustees paid? +
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences registered as a charity? +
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences was entered on the register on 18 December 1967.
How does CharityCompare score The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences'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 Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences'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.