Common questions about Magen David Adom UK's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Magen David Adom UK a good charity? +
Magen David Adom UK scores 83 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 87% 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 Magen David Adom UK a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Magen David Adom UK as a registered charity (charity number 1113409). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1113409&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 Magen David Adom UK's charity number? +
Magen David Adom UK's charity number is 1113409. 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 Magen David Adom UK's charity rating? +
Magen David Adom UK scores 83 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 Magen David Adom UK have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Magen David Adom UK. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: sharp income decline). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Magen David Adom UK? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 87% of Magen David Adom UK'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 Magen David Adom UK's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 13% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 13% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Magen David Adom UK. Magen David Adom UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 Magen David Adom UK receive? +
Magen David Adom UK reported £8.0m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Magen David Adom UK's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-09-15). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Magen David Adom UK based? +
Magen David Adom UK's registered contact address is in London (N3 9JA). It tells the regulator it operates in Barnet, Israel, with a focus on international aid.
How much is Magen David Adom UK's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Magen David Adom UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 Magen David Adom UK's money come from? +
Magen David Adom UK reported £9.3m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £9.1m (99%), investments £121k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.9m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Magen David Adom UK? +
The register records Magen David Adom UK 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 Magen David Adom UK's trustees paid? +
Magen David Adom UK's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was Magen David Adom UK registered as a charity? +
Magen David Adom UK was entered on the register on 23 March 2006. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05718138).
How does CharityCompare score Magen David Adom UK? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Magen David Adom UK'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 Magen David Adom UK'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.