Common questions about The Royal College of Physicians of London's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Royal College of Physicians of London a good charity? +
The Royal College of Physicians of London scores 87 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 86% 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 Royal College of Physicians of London a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Royal College of Physicians of London as a registered charity (charity number 210508). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=210508&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 Royal College of Physicians of London's charity number? +
The Royal College of Physicians of London's charity number is 210508. 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 Royal College of Physicians of London's charity rating? +
The Royal College of Physicians of London scores 87 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 Royal College of Physicians of London have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Royal College of Physicians of London. 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 Royal College of Physicians of London? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 86% of The Royal College of Physicians of London'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 Royal College of Physicians of London's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 9% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 9% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Royal College of Physicians of London. The Royal College of Physicians of London's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 44 employees paid more than £60,000, including 8 employees 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 Royal College of Physicians of London receive? +
The Royal College of Physicians of London reported £44m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Royal College of Physicians of London's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Royal College of Physicians of London based? +
The Royal College of Physicians of London's registered contact address is in London (NW1 4LE). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on disability.
How much is The Royal College of Physicians of London's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Royal College of Physicians of London's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 44 employees paid more than £60,000, including 8 employees 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 Royal College of Physicians of London's money come from? +
The Royal College of Physicians of London reported £44m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £36m (80%), trading and fundraising events £6.4m (14%), other income £1.4m (3%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £74k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Royal College of Physicians of London? +
The register records The Royal College of Physicians of London 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 Royal College of Physicians of London's trustees paid? +
The Royal College of Physicians of London'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 Royal College of Physicians of London registered as a charity? +
The Royal College of Physicians of London was entered on the register on 25 July 1963.
How does CharityCompare score The Royal College of Physicians of London? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Royal College of Physicians of London'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 Royal College of Physicians of London'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.