Free UK Genealogy

Analysis

Free UK Genealogy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Free UK Genealogy reported income of £135k and spending of £151k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £89k to £135k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Free UK Genealogy sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kington Horse Show and Agricultural Society (£135k), The Penchant Foundation (£135k) and The Late Gwyneth Mon Williams Charitable Trust (£135k).