Cultural Freedom Trust

Analysis

Cultural Freedom Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Cultural Freedom Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £6,334, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £6,953 to £15k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 332%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cultural Freedom Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of Hull Street Angels (£15k), Free Your Instinct (£15k) and Friendship Lab (£15k).