Common questions about Aurora New Dawn's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Aurora New Dawn a good charity? +
Aurora New Dawn scores 76 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 89% 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 Aurora New Dawn a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Aurora New Dawn as a registered charity (charity number 1153154). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1153154&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 Aurora New Dawn's charity number? +
Aurora New Dawn's charity number is 1153154. 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 Aurora New Dawn's charity rating? +
Aurora New Dawn scores 76 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 Aurora New Dawn have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Aurora New Dawn. 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 Aurora New Dawn? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 89% of Aurora New Dawn'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 Aurora New Dawn's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 0% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Aurora New Dawn. Aurora New Dawn's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (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 Aurora New Dawn receive? +
Aurora New Dawn reported £629k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Aurora New Dawn's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-27). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Aurora New Dawn based? +
Aurora New Dawn's registered contact address is in Portsmouth (PORTSMOU). It tells the regulator it operates in England, with a focus on human rights.
How much is Aurora New Dawn's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Aurora New Dawn's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (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 Aurora New Dawn's money come from? +
Aurora New Dawn reported £629k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £542k (86%), trading and fundraising events £77k (12%), donations and legacies £9,878 (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Aurora New Dawn? +
The register records Aurora New Dawn 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 Aurora New Dawn's trustees paid? +
Aurora New Dawn's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Aurora New Dawn registered as a charity? +
Aurora New Dawn was entered on the register on 31 July 2013. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 07573476).
How does CharityCompare score Aurora New Dawn? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Aurora New Dawn'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 Aurora New Dawn'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.