Common questions about The Royal Institute of International Affairs's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Royal Institute of International Affairs a good charity? +
The Royal Institute of International Affairs scores 78 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 90% 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 Institute of International Affairs a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Royal Institute of International Affairs as a registered charity (charity number 208223). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=208223&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 Institute of International Affairs's charity number? +
The Royal Institute of International Affairs's charity number is 208223. 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 Institute of International Affairs's charity rating? +
The Royal Institute of International Affairs scores 78 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 Institute of International Affairs have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Royal Institute of International Affairs. 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 Institute of International Affairs? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 90% of The Royal Institute of International Affairs'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 Institute of International Affairs's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 10% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 11% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Royal Institute of International Affairs. The Royal Institute of International Affairs's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 52 employees paid more than £60,000, including 7 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £250,001–£300,000 (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 Institute of International Affairs receive? +
The Royal Institute of International Affairs reported £20m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are The Royal Institute of International Affairs's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-06). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Royal Institute of International Affairs based? +
The Royal Institute of International Affairs's registered contact address is in London (SW1Y 4LE). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on education.
How much is The Royal Institute of International Affairs's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Royal Institute of International Affairs's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 52 employees paid more than £60,000, including 7 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £250,001–£300,000 (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 Institute of International Affairs's money come from? +
The Royal Institute of International Affairs reported £20m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £14m (68%), donations and legacies £4.4m (22%), trading and fundraising events £1.3m (6%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Royal Institute of International Affairs? +
The register records The Royal Institute of International Affairs 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 Institute of International Affairs's trustees paid? +
The Royal Institute of International Affairs'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 Royal Institute of International Affairs registered as a charity? +
The Royal Institute of International Affairs was entered on the register on 22 September 1962. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number RC000485).
How does CharityCompare score The Royal Institute of International Affairs? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Royal Institute of International Affairs'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 Institute of International Affairs'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.