Freeways

Analysis

Freeways is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02209114). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Freeways reported income of £10.1m and spending of £9.8m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.1m to £10.1m (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Freeways sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre for Homelessness Impact (£10.0m), bp Helios Fund (£10.1m) and Coquet Trust (£10.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, trading 1.7%, donations and legacies 1.5% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 283 people.