The Freelands Foundation Limited

Analysis

The Freelands Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09497277). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Freelands Foundation Limited reported income of £114k and spending of £3.8m, spending 3350% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £441k to £114k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 1577% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Freelands Foundation Limited sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Room for Work (£114k), York Joint Scout Trust (£114k) and Wargrave Preschool (£114k).

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.