Common questions about Whale and Dolphin Conservation's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Whale and Dolphin Conservation a good charity? +
Whale and Dolphin Conservation scores 71 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 78% 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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Whale and Dolphin Conservation as a registered charity (charity number 1014705). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1014705&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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation's charity number? +
Whale and Dolphin Conservation's charity number is 1014705. 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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation's charity rating? +
Whale and Dolphin Conservation scores 71 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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Whale and Dolphin Conservation. 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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 78% of Whale and Dolphin Conservation'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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 22% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 23% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Whale and Dolphin Conservation's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation receive? +
Whale and Dolphin Conservation reported £5.2m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Whale and Dolphin Conservation's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-08). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Whale and Dolphin Conservation based? +
Whale and Dolphin Conservation's registered contact address is in Swindon (SN15 1LJ). It tells the regulator it operates in Wiltshire, Argentina, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, United States, with a focus on wildlife conservation.
How much is Whale and Dolphin Conservation's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Whale and Dolphin Conservation's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation's money come from? +
Whale and Dolphin Conservation reported £5.2m total income for the year ending 30 September 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £4.1m (78%), charitable activities £624k (12%), trading and fundraising events £492k (9%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £610k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Whale and Dolphin Conservation? +
The register records Whale and Dolphin Conservation 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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation's trustees paid? +
Whale and Dolphin Conservation's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Whale and Dolphin Conservation previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Whale and Dolphin Conservation: Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
When was Whale and Dolphin Conservation registered as a charity? +
Whale and Dolphin Conservation was entered on the register on 12 October 1992. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02737421).
How does CharityCompare score Whale and Dolphin Conservation? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Whale and Dolphin Conservation'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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation'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.