Common questions about The Earthshot Prize's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Earthshot Prize a good charity? +
The Earthshot Prize scores 78 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 93% 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 Earthshot Prize a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Earthshot Prize as a registered charity (charity number 1198701). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1198701&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 Earthshot Prize's charity number? +
The Earthshot Prize's charity number is 1198701. 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 Earthshot Prize's charity rating? +
The Earthshot Prize scores 78 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 Earthshot Prize have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Earthshot Prize. 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 Earthshot Prize? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 93% of The Earthshot Prize'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 Earthshot Prize's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 7% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 14% of expenditure (2024–2026, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Earthshot Prize. The Earthshot Prize's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 35 employees paid more than £60,000, including 14 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (5 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Earthshot Prize receive? +
The Earthshot Prize reported £24m total income in its 2026 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Earthshot Prize's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-08-26). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Earthshot Prize based? +
The Earthshot Prize's registered contact address is in London (W8 4PU). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on environment.
How much is The Earthshot Prize's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Earthshot Prize's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 35 employees paid more than £60,000, including 14 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (5 employees). 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 Earthshot Prize's money come from? +
The Earthshot Prize reported £24m total income for the year ending 31 March 2026. The largest sources were donations and legacies £23m (96%), trading and fundraising events £997k (4%), investments £28k (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Earthshot Prize? +
The register records The Earthshot Prize 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 Earthshot Prize's trustees paid? +
The Earthshot Prize's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Earthshot Prize registered as a charity? +
The Earthshot Prize was entered on the register on 22 April 2022. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 13981670).
How does CharityCompare score The Earthshot Prize? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Earthshot Prize'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 Earthshot Prize's most recent accounts cover 2026. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.