Free@last

Analysis

Free@last is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04723576). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Free@last reported income of £324k and spending of £333k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £530k to £324k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Free@last sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masjid Ali Charitable Trust (£324k), Amersham Free Church (£324k) and The Anzal Begum Foundation Limited (£323k).

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.