The Freedom Community Trust Limited

Analysis

The Freedom Community Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04012143). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Freedom Community Trust Limited reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.4m, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £703k to £1.0m (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Freedom Community Trust Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital (£1.0m), Energize Shropshire Telford and Wrekin (£1.0m) and Mind in Brighton & Hove (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 48%, trading 26%, charitable activities 15% and donations and legacies 9.8%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £7.1m would cover about 59 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.