The Aldgate Freedom Foundation
Analysis
The Aldgate Freedom Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending December 2025, The Aldgate Freedom Foundation reported income of £68k and spending of £85k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £50k to £68k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 162% 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 Aldgate Freedom Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome Foundation (£68k), The Bakau Community Project (£68k) and Maurice & Rochelle Miller Foundation (£68k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Charity provides relief of poverty in any way that the trustees see fit including the provision of financial assistance to individuals or organisations (including charities) resident, employed or found in the Freedom part of the Parish of St. Botolph-without-Aldgate and the area to the boundry of the Portsoken Ward of the City of London.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome Foundation | Crawley | £68k |
| The Bakau Community Project | Swindon | £68k |
| Maurice & Rochelle Miller Foundation | Altrincham | £68k |
| Ford Youth and Community Centre | Plymouth | £68k |