Common questions about The Trussell Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Trussell Trust a good charity? +
The Trussell Trust scores 68 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 84% 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 Trussell Trust a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Trussell Trust as a registered charity (charity number 1110522). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1110522&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 Trussell Trust's charity number? +
The Trussell Trust's charity number is 1110522. 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 Trussell Trust's charity rating? +
The Trussell Trust scores 68 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 Trussell Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Trussell Trust. 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 Trussell Trust? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 84% of The Trussell Trust'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 Trussell Trust's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 16% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 16% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Trussell Trust. The Trussell Trust's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 190 employees paid more than £60,000, including 43 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (4 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Trussell Trust receive? +
The Trussell Trust reported £63m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are The Trussell Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-01). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Trussell Trust based? +
The Trussell Trust's registered contact address is in Salisbury (SP2 7HL). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is The Trussell Trust's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Trussell Trust's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 190 employees paid more than £60,000, including 43 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (4 employees). 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 Trussell Trust's money come from? +
The Trussell Trust reported £63m total income for the year ending 30 September 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £60m (95%), investments £2.1m (3%), trading and fundraising events £988k (2%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Trussell Trust? +
The register records The Trussell Trust 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 Trussell Trust's trustees paid? +
The Trussell Trust's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Trussell Trust registered as a charity? +
The Trussell Trust was entered on the register on 21 July 2005. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05434524).
How does CharityCompare score The Trussell Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Trussell Trust'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 Trussell Trust'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.