Common questions about The North of England Zoological Society's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The North of England Zoological Society a good charity? +
The North of England Zoological Society scores 48 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 47% 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 North of England Zoological Society a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The North of England Zoological Society as a registered charity (charity number 306077). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=306077&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 North of England Zoological Society's charity number? +
The North of England Zoological Society's charity number is 306077. 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 North of England Zoological Society's charity rating? +
The North of England Zoological Society scores 48 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 North of England Zoological Society have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The North of England Zoological Society. 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 North of England Zoological Society? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 47% of The North of England Zoological Society'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 North of England Zoological Society's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 51% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 54% of expenditure (2021–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The North of England Zoological Society. The North of England Zoological Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 24 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 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 North of England Zoological Society receive? +
The North of England Zoological Society reported £63m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The North of England Zoological Society's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-31). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The North of England Zoological Society based? +
The North of England Zoological Society's registered contact address is in Chester (CH2 1LH). It tells the regulator it operates in Cheshire West & Chester, with a focus on animals.
How much is The North of England Zoological Society's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The North of England Zoological Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 24 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 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 North of England Zoological Society's money come from? +
The North of England Zoological Society reported £63m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £38m (61%), trading and fundraising events £18m (29%), donations and legacies £5.9m (9%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £788k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The North of England Zoological Society? +
The register records The North of England Zoological Society 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 North of England Zoological Society's trustees paid? +
The North of England Zoological Society's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The North of England Zoological Society registered as a charity? +
The North of England Zoological Society was entered on the register on 18 January 1967. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00287902).
How does CharityCompare score The North of England Zoological Society? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The North of England Zoological Society'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 North of England Zoological Society's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.