Free the Child

Analysis

Free the Child is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Free the Child reported income of £72k and spending of £78k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £75k to £72k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Free the Child sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheer Trust (£72k), The H P Dugdale Foundation (£72k) and Afemai Children's Trust (£72k).