- Is The Insurance Charities a legitimate charity?
- The register data used for this profile lists The Insurance Charities as a registered charity (number 206860) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
- What is The Insurance Charities's charity number?
- The Insurance Charities's charity number is 206860. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
- How do I check charity number 206860?
- Search 206860 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
- What does The Insurance Charities do?
- The Charity's activities are to provide financial assistance towards the education and training and relief of need, hardship, sickness, disability, old age or distress of persons who are now or have been engaged in any aspect of the insurance industry and of children, spouses, partners, former spouses or partners and other relatives or dependants of such persons.
- Does The Insurance Charities have reviews and complaints?
- CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Insurance Charities. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
- How can I donate to The Insurance Charities?
- The Insurance Charities's website listed in our register data is http://www.theinsurancecharity.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
- How much is The Insurance Charities's chief executive paid?
- The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Insurance Charities's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (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 Insurance Charities's money come from?
- The Insurance Charities reported £959k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were investments £763k (80%), donations and legacies £189k (20%), charitable activities £7,000 (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £3,000.
- Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Insurance Charities?
- The register records The Insurance Charities 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 Insurance Charities's trustees paid?
- The Insurance Charities'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 Insurance Charities registered as a charity?
- The Insurance Charities was entered on the register on 22 September 1962. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00074461).