--- title: "Festival of Life — charity rating & review | CharityCompare" description: "Is Festival of Life a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 95/100. Accounts 2024: income £1.0m · 100% on charitable activities. Reg 1090787." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/festival-of-life retrieved: 2026-08-18T02:14:59.460Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Festival of Life a good charity? Festival of Life scores 95/100 (5 stars, Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£1.0m total income, 100% 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. London · UK-wide · NW2 1LT | Reg [1090787](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/festival-of-life) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.festivaloflife.org.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1090787) Donate ## How can you give to FESTIVAL OF LIFE? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official FESTIVAL OF LIFE form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.festivaloflife.org.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1090787) ## What does Festival of Life do? Festival of Life is a registered charity (no. 1090787) working in poverty relief across the United Kingdom. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 100% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 9 months of reserves, and files its annual accounts on time. 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 — Festival of Life hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=festival-of-life) **In short:** FESTIVAL OF LIFE scores 95 out of 100 (5 stars). 100% average program spend (3-year average). Filings are up to date with no major concerns. ## What is Festival of Life? Festival of Life has a Clarity Score of 95 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars, Exceptional). Charity Commission registration number 1090787. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Poverty relief. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £1.0m, with 100% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: up to date. Reserves: approximately 9 months of operating costs. No major red flags from our filing review. 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 95/100 5★ · Exceptional Cause spend 100% 3-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 100/100 Finance beacon Income £1.0m Latest year 2024 Reserves 9 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing On time Charity Commission Fundraising efficiency not stated · 0% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: high ## How does FESTIVAL OF LIFE compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers FESTIVAL OF LIFE scores higher than. Income band (£1m–£5m)95thpercentile **Scores higher than 95% of 2,776 charities in its income band** · 95/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). Poverty relief charities93rdpercentile **Scores higher than 93% of 1,502 charities in this cause** · 95/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Festival of Life's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2024 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 High confidence — complete filing data 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 Festival of Life'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. 100/100 | 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. | 100% | 15/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 5 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 83/100 | 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% | 9 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. | 50% | 5/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 100% | 3% · 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% | 100% · 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% | 0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 800 volunteers / 9 staff · 10/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Festival of Life's Clarity Score? 95/100 total · Exceptional · 5 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 100/100 Accountability & Transparency 83/100 Financial Health 100/100 Financial Efficiency 100/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 Filing history (5 years)15/15 pts Trustee oversight5 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies10/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 83/100 Reserves (months of cash)9 months · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth5/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets3% · 5/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 Program expense ratio100% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio800 volunteers / 9 staff · 10/10 pts ## How much does Festival of Life raise and spend? Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £1.0m | — | | Total expenditure | £1.5m | — | | Charitable activities | £1.5m | 100% | | Governance & admin | £4k | 0% | 100%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2024) · £1.5m spent - Charitable activities100% · £1.5m - Governance0% · £4k ## What trust indicators does Festival of Life have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - ✓ Accounts filed on time up to date · last filing 24 June 2026 - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 5 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 9 employees · 800 volunteers (89:1 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 →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1090787 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/1090787) ### Trustees & officers - Pastor KOLA BAMIGBADE - PASTOR AGU IRUKWU - Dr SOLA OLUDOYI - PASTOR ADELEKE SANUSI since 2021 - Pastor Morola Opeoluwa HAYDEN since 2024 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 Festival of Life'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 Festival of Life? Overall score 95/100 (5★) Income £1.0m Cause spend 100% of expenditure Reg number 1090787 Scope UK-wide Reserves 9 months Trustees 5 Accounts year 2024 Filing up to date ## How does FESTIVAL OF LIFE compare, and where else can you look? [Compare FESTIVAL OF LIFE with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=festival-of-life) [More poverty relief charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/poverty) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where FESTIVAL OF LIFE sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [poverty charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/poverty) - [religion charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/religion) - [Charities in London](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/london) - [poverty charities in London](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/poverty/london) ### Similar poverty relief charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [AMOS TRUST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/amos-trust) 100/100 · £2.6m - [SUFRA - NW LONDON](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/sufra-nw-london) 100/100 · £1.7m - [WILDERNESS FOUNDATION UK](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/wilderness-foundation-uk) 100/100 · £1.6m - [BIRMINGHAM CITY MISSION](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/birmingham-city-mission) 100/100 · £1.4m ## How can you share Festival of Life'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 Festival of Life a legitimate charity? + Yes — Festival of Life is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1090787). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1090787. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Festival of Life's charity number? + Festival of Life's charity number is 1090787. 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 Festival of Life's charity rating? + Festival of Life scores 95 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). 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 Festival of Life have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Festival of Life. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts. For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches Festival of Life? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, 100% of Festival of Life'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 Festival of Life's overheads? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 0% of total expenditure at Festival of Life. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Festival of Life'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 Festival of Life receive? + Festival of Life reported £1.0m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable. Are Festival of Life's accounts up to date? + Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is Festival of Life based? + Festival of Life is listed at London · UK-wide · NW2 1LT and operates UK-wide, focused on poverty relief. How does CharityCompare score Festival of Life? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Festival of Life'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 Festival of Life'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.