Religion · Reg 1175942
Adventist Radio London
Charity rating & review
55/100 Clarity Score · 2 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score
Clarity score
Poor
Quick answer
Is Adventist Radio London a good charity?
Adventist Radio London scores 55/100 (2 stars, Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£240k total income, cause-spend split not disclosed). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.
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What does Adventist Radio London do?
Adventist Radio London is a registered charity (no. 1175942) working in religion in Watford · WD17 1PZ. Its latest Charity Commission filing does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in recent filings, holding roughly 2 months of reserves, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income has been declining (≈29% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes.
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In short: ADVENTIST RADIO LONDON scores 55 out of 100 (2 stars). Cause-spend split not disclosed in recent filings. Review the pillar breakdown below.
What is Adventist Radio London?
Adventist Radio London has a Clarity Score of 55 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars, Poor). Charity Commission registration number 1175942. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Religion. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £240k, cause-spend split not disclosed in that filing. Accounts filing: late. Reserves: approximately 2 months of operating costs. 3 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation.
Data from Charity Commission register, last updated .
Overall score
55/100
2★ · Poor
Cause spend
N/D
Not disclosed in filings
Accountability
55/100
Finance beacon
Income
£240k
Latest year 2024
Reserves
2 mo
Months of running costs
Accounts filing
Late
Check register
Fundraising efficiency not stated · Overhead not disclosed · Website on register · Confidence: medium
How does ADVENTIST RADIO LONDON compare?
Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers ADVENTIST RADIO LONDON scores higher than.
Scores higher than 15% of 972 charities in its income band · 55/100 vs 70 peer average (marker).
Scores higher than 6% of 519 charities in this cause · 55/100 vs 78 peer average (marker).
How reliable is Adventist Radio London's data?
- Source
- Charity Commission (England & Wales)
- Accounts year
- 2024
- Filing date
- Profile reviewed
Medium confidence — some data missing or late
Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .
What is Adventist Radio London's Beacon report?
Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.
Accountability & Transparency
Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.
55/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 0% | 0/15 pts |
| Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 4 trustees · 15/15 pts |
| Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 70% | 7/10 pts |
Financial Health
Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.
47/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 67% | 2 months · 10/15 pts |
| Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 0% | 0/10 pts · 3-year average |
| Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 80% | 10% · 4/5 pts |
Financial Efficiency
How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.
50/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 0% | Not stated · 0/10 pts |
| Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) |
Community Support
Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.
90/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 90% | 12 volunteers / 7 staff · 9/10 pts |
What is Adventist Radio London's Clarity Score?
55/100 total · Poor · 2 of 5 stars
Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings.
Accountability & Transparency
Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.
55/100
Financial Health
Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.
47/100
Financial Efficiency
How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.
50/100
Community Support
Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.
90/100
How much does Adventist Radio London raise and spend?
Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings
| Category | Amount | % of spend |
|---|---|---|
| Total income | £240k | — |
| Total expenditure | £265k | — |
| Charitable activities | Not disclosed | — |
Where does the money go?
Latest accounts (2024) · £265k spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split.
What trust indicators does Adventist Radio London have?
Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.
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Accounts filed on time
Filing status: late
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Trustee board size (3–12)
4 trustees on the Charity Commission register
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Workforce on register
7 employees · 12 volunteers (2:1 volunteer-to-staff)
Fundraising Regulator
Status not yet checked
Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice.
Check Fundraising Regulator →Official register
Reg 1175942
Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.
View on Charity Commission →Trustees & officers
- Dwayne Lawson since 2021
- Ann Swaby since 2023
- Pastor Kirk Thomas Chair · since 2023
- Pastor Nathan Stickland since 2023
How we score charities +
The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.
Accountability & Transparency
Scored from filings
40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).
Financial Health
Scored from filings
30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).
Financial Efficiency
Scored from filings
20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).
Community Support
Scored from filings
10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.
Overall score
Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.
How have Adventist Radio London's finances changed over five years?
- Income
- Spending
- Cause spend
Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts
What are the key facts about Adventist Radio London?
- Overall score
- 55/100 (2★)
- Income
- £240k
- Cause spend
- Not disclosed
- Reg number
- 1175942
- Scope
- Local (watford)
- Reserves
- 2 months
- Trustees
- 4
- Accounts year
- 2024
- Filing
- late
How does ADVENTIST RADIO LONDON compare, and where else can you look?
Where ADVENTIST RADIO LONDON sits
The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Adventist Radio London's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Adventist Radio London a good charity? +
Adventist Radio London scores 55 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Its recent filings do not disclose a charitable-activities spend split 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 Adventist Radio London a legitimate charity? +
Yes — Adventist Radio London is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1175942). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1175942. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact.
What is Adventist Radio London's charity number? +
Adventist Radio London's charity number is 1175942. 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 Adventist Radio London's charity rating? +
Adventist Radio London scores 55 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score V1 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 Adventist Radio London have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Adventist Radio London. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (3 filing concern(s) noted 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 Adventist Radio London? +
Adventist Radio London does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in its recent UK regulator filings, so there is no official figure for how much of a donation reaches the cause. CharityCompare reports this as "not disclosed" rather than assuming a number.
What are Adventist Radio London's overheads? +
Adventist Radio London's recent UK regulator filings do not disclose a fundraising or governance cost split, so no official overhead percentage is available. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Adventist Radio London's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register.
How much income does Adventist Radio London receive? +
Adventist Radio London reported £240k total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are Adventist Radio London's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Adventist Radio London based? +
Adventist Radio London is listed at Watford · WD17 1PZ, focused on religion.
How does CharityCompare score Adventist Radio London? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Adventist Radio London'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 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Adventist Radio London'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.