Friends of Freetown

Analysis

Friends of Freetown is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Freetown reported income of £39k and spending of £40k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £39k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Freetown sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bright Future Organisation Limited (£39k), The Atherton Trust (£39k) and The John and Susan Bowers Fund (£39k).