Common questions about The Ireland Fund of Great Britain's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Ireland Fund of Great Britain a good charity? +
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain scores 75 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 71% 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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Ireland Fund of Great Britain as a registered charity (charity number 327889). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=327889&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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain's charity number? +
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain's charity number is 327889. 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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain's charity rating? +
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain scores 75 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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Ireland Fund of Great Britain. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). 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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 71% of The Ireland Fund of Great Britain'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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 29% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 29% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Ireland Fund of Great Britain. The Ireland Fund of Great Britain's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain receive? +
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain reported £2.1m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Ireland Fund of Great Britain's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-19). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Ireland Fund of Great Britain based? +
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain's registered contact address is in London (E2 9DA). It tells the regulator it operates in Ireland, United States, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is The Ireland Fund of Great Britain's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Ireland Fund of Great Britain's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain's money come from? +
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain reported £2.1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.7m (82%), trading and fundraising events £374k (18%), investments £205 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Ireland Fund of Great Britain? +
The register records The Ireland Fund of Great Britain 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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain's trustees paid? +
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain'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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain registered as a charity? +
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain was entered on the register on 1 August 1988. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07614886).
How does CharityCompare score The Ireland Fund of Great Britain? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Ireland Fund of Great Britain'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 Ireland Fund of Great Britain'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.