The Coventry Freemen's Charity

Analysis

The Coventry Freemen's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in December 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Coventry Freemen's Charity reported income of £1.1m and spending of £977k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £934k to £1.1m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Coventry Freemen's Charity sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unite 4 Humanity (£1.1m), Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) (£1.1m) and The Frontiers Charitable Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 28 months of spending at that rate.