The Joyce and Norman Freed Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Joyce and Norman Freed Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Joyce and Norman Freed Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £7,640, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £546 to £16k (+2796%), an average of +132% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 3188%. Over the whole period it spent 1092% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Joyce and Norman Freed Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amstone Charitable Trust Limited (£16k), South Kilworth Village Hall (£16k) and Gilead Health Development Charity (£16k).