Common questions about World Vision UK's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is World Vision UK a good charity? +
World Vision UK scores 73 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 82% 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 World Vision UK a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists World Vision UK as a registered charity (charity number 285908). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=285908&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 World Vision UK's charity number? +
World Vision UK's charity number is 285908. 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 World Vision UK's charity rating? +
World Vision UK scores 73 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 World Vision UK have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for World Vision 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 World Vision UK? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 82% of World Vision 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 World Vision UK's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 18% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 19% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at World Vision UK. World Vision UK's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 15 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 World Vision UK receive? +
World Vision UK reported £66m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are World Vision UK's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-05-26). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is World Vision UK based? +
World Vision UK's registered contact address is in Milton Keynes (MK15 0ZR). It tells the regulator it operates in Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Honduras, with a focus on international aid.
How much is World Vision UK's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. World Vision UK's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports 15 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 World Vision UK's money come from? +
World Vision UK reported £66m total income for the year ending 30 September 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £38m (58%), charitable activities £28m (42%), investments £250k (0%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.3m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to World Vision UK? +
The register records World Vision 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 World Vision UK's trustees paid? +
World Vision UK's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was World Vision UK previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for World Vision UK: World Vision of Britain.
When was World Vision UK registered as a charity? +
World Vision UK was entered on the register on 6 January 1983. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01675552).
How does CharityCompare score World Vision UK? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in World Vision 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 World Vision UK'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.