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The Cherish Freedom Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1157697LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£386k2025-12-31
Spending£284ksame year
Spent / received80%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2014Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Cherish Freedom Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cherish Freedom Trust reported income of £386k and spending of £284k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,034 to £386k (+6299%), an average of +183% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 681%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Cherish Freedom Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Devon Historic Buildings Trust (£386k), Phoenix Theatre (Blyth) (£387k) and Gladstone Theatre Trust (£386k).

Income and spending

£0£97k£193k£290k£386k2021 Income: £6,0342021 Spending: £7,80320212022 Income: £11,3542022 Spending: £8,15420222023 Income: £88,6432023 Spending: £84,69320232024 Income: £119,9642024 Spending: £104,51320242025 Income: £386,1262025 Spending: £284,3332025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND MORE RECENT HISTORY, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE RT. HON. THE BARONESS THATCHER OF KESTEVEN LG, OM, FRS AND FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

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Devon Historic Buildings TrustExeter£386k
Phoenix Theatre (Blyth)Blyth£387k
Gladstone Theatre TrustWirral£386k
UK Friends of Yale University LimitedLondon£388k