Common questions about Wcmc's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Wcmc a good charity? +
Wcmc scores 65 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. 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 Wcmc a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Wcmc as a registered charity (charity number 328044). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=328044&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 Wcmc's charity number? +
Wcmc's charity number is 328044. 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 Wcmc's charity rating? +
Wcmc scores 65 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 Wcmc have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Wcmc. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: late accounts filing). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Wcmc? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of Wcmc'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 Wcmc's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 1% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Wcmc. Wcmc's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 19 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (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 Wcmc receive? +
Wcmc reported £20m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Wcmc's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2025-07-14). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Wcmc based? +
Wcmc's registered contact address is in Cambridge (CB3 0DL). It tells the regulator it operates in Cambridgeshire, with a focus on environment.
How much is Wcmc's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Wcmc's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 19 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (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 Wcmc's money come from? +
Wcmc reported £20m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £20m (99%), investments £73k (0%), donations and legacies £42k (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Wcmc? +
The register does not record Wcmc as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Wcmc's trustees paid? +
Wcmc's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Wcmc previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Wcmc: The World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Wcmc 2000.
When was Wcmc registered as a charity? +
Wcmc was entered on the register on 9 January 1989. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02330031).
How does CharityCompare score Wcmc? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Wcmc'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 Wcmc'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.