Common questions about Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) a good charity? +
Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) scores 73 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) 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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) as a registered charity (charity number 1126300). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1126300&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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s charity number? +
Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s charity number is 1126300. 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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s charity rating? +
Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) scores 73 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena). Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: late accounts filing). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'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 2% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena). Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s annual return for the year ending 30 April 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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) receive? +
Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) reported £788k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-01-26). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) based? +
Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s registered contact address is in Plymouth (PLUMSTEA). It tells the regulator it operates in Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s annual return for the year ending 30 April 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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s money come from? +
Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) reported £788k total income for the year ending 30 April 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £590k (75%), charitable activities £198k (25%), investments £19 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)? +
The register records Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) 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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s trustees paid? +
Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'s annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) registered as a charity? +
Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena) was entered on the register on 15 October 2008.
How does CharityCompare score Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'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 Mount Zion Christian Ministries International (Freedom Arena)'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.