--- title: "Borderlands Mission Area charity rating | CharityCompare" description: "Is Borderlands Mission Area a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 71/100. Accounts 2024: income £614k · 97% on charitable activities. Reg 1177376." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/borderlands-mission-area retrieved: 2026-08-18T05:01:17.951Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Borderlands Mission Area a good charity? Borderlands Mission Area scores 71/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£614k total income, 97% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Chester · CH7 2NH | Reg [1177376](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/borderlands-mission-area) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://borderlandsmissionarea.org/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1177376) Donate ## How can you give to BORDERLANDS MISSION AREA? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official BORDERLANDS MISSION AREA form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://borderlandsmissionarea.org/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1177376) ## What does Borderlands Mission Area do? Borderlands Mission Area is a registered charity (no. 1177376) working in religion in Chester · CH7 2NH. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 97% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 24 months of reserves, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income has been broadly stable over recent years. 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. Summarised from public filings — Borderlands Mission Area hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=borderlands-mission-area) **In short:** BORDERLANDS MISSION AREA scores 71 out of 100 (3 stars). 97% average program spend (3-year average). Review the pillar breakdown below. ## What is Borderlands Mission Area? Borderlands Mission Area has a Clarity Score of 71 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars, Needs improvement). Charity Commission registration number 1177376. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Religion. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £614k, with 97% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: late. Reserves: approximately 24 months of operating costs. 2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 71/100 3★ · Needs improvement Cause spend 97% 3-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 55/100 Finance beacon Income £614k Latest year 2024 Reserves 24 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing Late Check register £44.7 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 2% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: medium ## How does BORDERLANDS MISSION AREA compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers BORDERLANDS MISSION AREA scores higher than. Income band (£500k–£1m)27thpercentile **Scores higher than 27% of 2,187 charities in its income band** · 71/100 vs 79 peer average (marker). Religion charities30thpercentile **Scores higher than 30% of 519 charities in this cause** · 71/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Borderlands Mission Area's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2024 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 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](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is Borderlands Mission Area'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% | 26 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. 80/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 24 months · 15/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 40% | 4/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 100% | 2% · 5/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 100% | 97% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 2p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 50/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 50% | 290 volunteers · 5/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Borderlands Mission Area's Clarity Score? 71/100 total · Needs improvement · 3 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 55/100 Accountability & Transparency 80/100 Financial Health 100/100 Financial Efficiency 50/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 55/100 Filing history (5 years)0/15 pts Trustee oversight26 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies7/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 80/100 Reserves (months of cash)24 months · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth4/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets2% · 5/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 Program expense ratio97% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency2p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 50/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio290 volunteers · 5/10 pts ## How much does Borderlands Mission Area raise and spend? Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £614k | — | | Total expenditure | £633k | — | | Charitable activities | £627k | 99% | | Fundraising | £6k | 1% | 99%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2024) · £633k spent - Charitable activities99% · £627k - Fundraising1% · £6k - Other spending0% · £120 ## What trust indicators does Borderlands Mission Area have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - — Accounts filed on time Filing status: late - — Trustee board size (3–12) 26 trustees on the Charity Commission register Fundraising Regulator Status not yet checked Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1177376 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1177376) ### Trustees & officers - VALERIE SHARRATT ALDCROFT since 2017 - Rev SALLY BAIRD since 2017 - BLODWEN ELLIS since 2017 - GARETH JONES since 2017 - Rev ANDREA SUSAN JONES Chair · since 2017 - Rev NEIL ANTHONY KELLY since 2017 - BRENDA MACASGILL since 2017 - STEPHEN SMITH since 2017 - Rev GILLIAN KAY STANNING since 2017 - ALAN DAVID GRIFFITHS since 2017 - HELEN ANN DALRYMPLE since 2017 - Paul Henry Hewins since 2019 100 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. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) 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 Borderlands Mission Area'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 Borderlands Mission Area? Overall score 71/100 (3★) Income £614k Cause spend 97% of expenditure Reg number 1177376 Scope Local (chester) Reserves 24 months Trustees 26 Accounts year 2024 Filing late ## How does BORDERLANDS MISSION AREA compare, and where else can you look? [Compare BORDERLANDS MISSION AREA with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=borderlands-mission-area) [More religion charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/religion) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where BORDERLANDS MISSION AREA sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [religion charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/religion) - [children charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/children) - [elderly charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/elderly) - [disability charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/disability) - [Charities in Chester](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/chester) ### Similar religion charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/birmingham-diocesan-trust) 100/100 · £24m - [ARCHDIOCESE OF CARDIFF-MENEVIA](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/archdiocese-of-cardiff-menevia) 100/100 · £6.0m - [FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/friends-international-ministries) 100/100 · £2.9m - [THE ENGLISH SANGHA TRUST LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-english-sangha-trust-limited) 100/100 · £2.2m ## How can you share Borderlands Mission Area's rating? 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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 Borderlands Mission Area a legitimate charity? + Yes — Borderlands Mission Area is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1177376). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1177376. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Borderlands Mission Area's charity number? + Borderlands Mission Area's charity number is 1177376. 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 Borderlands Mission Area's charity rating? + Borderlands Mission Area scores 71 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 Borderlands Mission Area have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Borderlands Mission Area. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 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 Borderlands Mission Area? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, 97% of Borderlands Mission Area'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 Borderlands Mission Area's overheads? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 2% of total expenditure at Borderlands Mission Area. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Borderlands Mission Area'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 Borderlands Mission Area receive? + Borderlands Mission Area reported £614k total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable. Are Borderlands Mission Area'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 Borderlands Mission Area based? + Borderlands Mission Area is listed at Chester · CH7 2NH, focused on religion. How does CharityCompare score Borderlands Mission Area? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Borderlands Mission Area'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 Borderlands Mission Area'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.