--- title: "New Life Derby — charity rating & review | CharityCompare" description: "Is New Life Derby a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 79/100. Accounts 2025: income £576k · cause-spend split not disclosed. Reg 1121508." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/new-life-derby retrieved: 2026-08-18T02:03:16.032Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is New Life Derby a good charity? New Life Derby scores 79/100 (4 stars, Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£576k total income, cause-spend split not disclosed). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Derby · UK-wide · DE23 8GH | Reg [1121508](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/new-life-derby) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.newlifederby.org.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1121508) Donate ## How can you give to NEW LIFE DERBY? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official NEW LIFE DERBY form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.newlifederby.org.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1121508) ## What does New Life Derby do? New Life Derby is a registered charity (no. 1121508) working in international aid across the United Kingdom. Its latest Charity Commission filing does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in recent filings, holding roughly 10 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 — New Life Derby hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=new-life-derby) **In short:** NEW LIFE DERBY scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars). Cause-spend split not disclosed in recent filings. Review the pillar breakdown below. ## What is New Life Derby? New Life Derby has a Clarity Score of 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars, Good). Charity Commission registration number 1121508. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: International aid. Latest accounts year 2025: total income £576k, cause-spend split not disclosed in that filing. Accounts filing: late. Reserves: approximately 10 months of operating costs. 1 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 79/100 4★ · Good Cause spend N/D Not disclosed in filings Accountability 75/100 Finance beacon Income £576k Latest year 2025 Reserves 10 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing Late Check register Fundraising efficiency not stated · Overhead not disclosed · Website on register · Confidence: medium ## How does NEW LIFE DERBY compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers NEW LIFE DERBY scores higher than. Income band (£500k–£1m)45thpercentile **Scores higher than 45% of 2,187 charities in its income band** · 79/100 vs 79 peer average (marker). International aid charities60thpercentile **Scores higher than 60% of 618 charities in this cause** · 79/100 vs 75 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is New Life Derby's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2025 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 New Life Derby'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. 75/100 | 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. | 33% | 5/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 10 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. 97/100 | 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% | 10 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. | 90% | 9/10 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. 50/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 0% | Not stated · 0/10 pts | | 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% | 200 volunteers / 10 staff · 10/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is New Life Derby's Clarity Score? 79/100 total · Good · 4 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 75/100 Accountability & Transparency 97/100 Financial Health 50/100 Financial Efficiency 100/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 75/100 Filing history (5 years)5/15 pts Trustee oversight10 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies10/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 97/100 Reserves (months of cash)10 months · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth9/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets2% · 5/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 50/100 Program expense ratioNot stated · 0/10 pts 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 ratio200 volunteers / 10 staff · 10/10 pts ## How much does New Life Derby raise and spend? Latest filed year 2025 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £576k | — | | Total expenditure | £575k | — | | Charitable activities | Not disclosed | — | ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2025) · £575k spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split. ## What trust indicators does New Life Derby 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) 10 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 10 employees · 200 volunteers (20:1 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 1121508 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/1121508) ### Trustees & officers - Henry Otoyo Ita since 2016 - Rachael Eguono Ita since 2016 - BLESSEN MATHEW since 2017 - David Lee Ford Chair · since 2021 - Rebekah Ann Ford since 2021 - Kerrie Louise Robb since 2022 - Roger Lacell Robb since 2022 - Arjunarao Dondapati since 2022 - Dr Michael Ebo Acquah since 2025 - Akua Serwaa Acquah since 2025 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 New Life Derby'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 New Life Derby? Overall score 79/100 (4★) Income £576k Cause spend Not disclosed Reg number 1121508 Scope UK-wide Reserves 10 months Trustees 10 Accounts year 2025 Filing late ## How does NEW LIFE DERBY compare, and where else can you look? 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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 New Life Derby a legitimate charity? + Yes — New Life Derby is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1121508). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1121508. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is New Life Derby's charity number? + New Life Derby's charity number is 1121508. 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 New Life Derby's charity rating? + New Life Derby scores 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). 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 New Life Derby have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for New Life Derby. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (1 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 New Life Derby? + New Life Derby does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in its recent UK regulator filings, so there is no official figure for how much of a donation reaches the cause. CharityCompare reports this as "not disclosed" rather than assuming a number. What are New Life Derby's overheads? + New Life Derby's recent UK regulator filings do not disclose a fundraising or governance cost split, so no official overhead percentage is available. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what New Life Derby'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 New Life Derby receive? + New Life Derby reported £576k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable. Are New Life Derby'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 New Life Derby based? + New Life Derby is listed at Derby · UK-wide · DE23 8GH and operates UK-wide, focused on international aid. How does CharityCompare score New Life Derby? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in New Life Derby'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 New Life Derby'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.