Common questions about 11Arches's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is 11Arches a good charity? +
11Arches scores 80 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 93% 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 11Arches a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists 11Arches as a registered charity (charity number 1159011). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1159011&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 11Arches's charity number? +
11Arches's charity number is 1159011. 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 11Arches's charity rating? +
11Arches 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 11Arches have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for 11Arches. 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 11Arches? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 93% of 11Arches'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 11Arches's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 7% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 7% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at 11Arches. 11Arches's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £400,001–£450,000 (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 11Arches receive? +
11Arches reported £10m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: check comparability.
Are 11Arches's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2025-10-27). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is 11Arches based? +
11Arches's register entry is at DL14 7SF. It tells the regulator it operates in Durham, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is 11Arches's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. 11Arches's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £400,001–£450,000 (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 11Arches's money come from? +
11Arches reported £10m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were donations and legacies £8.1m (77%), charitable activities £2m (19%), other income £291k (3%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to 11Arches? +
The register does not record 11Arches as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are 11Arches's trustees paid? +
11Arches's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was 11Arches previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for 11Arches: Eleven Arches.
When was 11Arches registered as a charity? +
11Arches was entered on the register on 29 October 2014. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 09055646).
How does CharityCompare score 11Arches? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in 11Arches'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 11Arches'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.