Common questions about The National Coaching Foundation's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The National Coaching Foundation a good charity? +
The National Coaching Foundation scores 57 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 59% 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 National Coaching Foundation a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The National Coaching Foundation as a registered charity (charity number 327354). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=327354&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 National Coaching Foundation's charity number? +
The National Coaching Foundation's charity number is 327354. 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 National Coaching Foundation's charity rating? +
The National Coaching Foundation scores 57 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). 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 National Coaching Foundation have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The National Coaching Foundation. 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 National Coaching Foundation? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 59% of The National Coaching Foundation'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 National Coaching Foundation's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 41% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 41% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The National Coaching Foundation. The National Coaching Foundation'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 £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 National Coaching Foundation receive? +
The National Coaching Foundation reported £6.7m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The National Coaching Foundation's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-27). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The National Coaching Foundation based? +
The National Coaching Foundation's registered contact address is in Leeds (LS11 9AR). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on sport.
How much is The National Coaching Foundation's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The National Coaching Foundation'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 £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 National Coaching Foundation's money come from? +
The National Coaching Foundation reported £6.7m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £3.4m (50%), trading and fundraising events £3.3m (50%), investments £16k (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The National Coaching Foundation? +
The register does not record The National Coaching Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The National Coaching Foundation's trustees paid? +
The National Coaching Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The National Coaching Foundation registered as a charity? +
The National Coaching Foundation was entered on the register on 6 February 1987. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02092919).
How does CharityCompare score The National Coaching Foundation? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The National Coaching Foundation'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 National Coaching Foundation'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.