Common questions about Women for Women International (UK)'s rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Women for Women International (UK) a good charity? +
Women for Women International (UK) scores 80 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 76% 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 Women for Women International (UK) a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Women for Women International (UK) as a registered charity (charity number 1115109). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1115109&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 Women for Women International (UK)'s charity number? +
Women for Women International (UK)'s charity number is 1115109. 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 Women for Women International (UK)'s charity rating? +
Women for Women International (UK) scores 80 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 Women for Women International (UK) have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Women for Women International (UK). 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 Women for Women International (UK)? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 76% of Women for Women International (UK)'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 Women for Women International (UK)'s overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 24% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 25% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Women for Women International (UK). Women for Women International (UK)'s annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (2 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Women for Women International (UK) receive? +
Women for Women International (UK) reported £4.8m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Women for Women International (UK)'s accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Women for Women International (UK) based? +
Women for Women International (UK)'s registered contact address is in London (SE1 3GN). It tells the regulator it operates in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Nigeria, Rwanda, United States, with a focus on international aid.
How much is Women for Women International (UK)'s chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Women for Women International (UK)'s annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (2 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 Women for Women International (UK)'s money come from? +
Women for Women International (UK) reported £4.8m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £2.6m (53%), donations and legacies £1.9m (39%), trading and fundraising events £377k (8%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Women for Women International (UK)? +
The register records Women for Women International (UK) 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 Women for Women International (UK)'s trustees paid? +
Women for Women International (UK)'s annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Women for Women International (UK) registered as a charity? +
Women for Women International (UK) was entered on the register on 5 July 2006. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05650155).
How does CharityCompare score Women for Women International (UK)? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Women for Women International (UK)'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 Women for Women International (UK)'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.