The Louis and Valerie Freedman Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Louis and Valerie Freedman Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in April 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and animals, 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 September 2025, The Louis and Valerie Freedman Charitable Settlement reported income of £178k and spending of £169k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £118k to £178k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Louis and Valerie Freedman Charitable Settlement sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fallowfield Library & Community Resource Centre (£178k), Halesowen / Dudley Yemeni Community Association (£178k) and Central Jamia Mosque Rizvia (£178k).