Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

FREEDOM CHARITY

Counselling, physical rescue, mentoring, rehabilitating victims of Dishonour Abuse, Forced Marriage, FGM, Virginity Testing, Modern-Day Slavery. 24/7 secure Help line, Mobile Phone App. Raising awareness, encouraging positive action across UK communities. PSHE-accredited talks in Schools and Universities. Providing basic survival items and documentation needed by rescued victims.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Spending is declining
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23		£18	£19	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£11	£22	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£47	£5	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20		£5	£11	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19		£4	£38	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18		£3	£22	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/17		£34	£11	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/16		£48	£60	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/15		£55	£61	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/14		£47	£31	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/13		£23	£15	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/12	*	£49	£30	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/11		£26	£8	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

http://www.freedomcharity.org.uk/

hello@freedomcharity.org.uk

08456070133

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Postcode Society Trust	£3,500
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£3,500	30/06/2023	This funding helped Freedom Charity continue its work to protect vulnerable young people from the terrors of Dishonour Abuse
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	10/11/2021	Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Community programme for the eradication of dishonour violence
£10,000	16/04/2021	The funding will be used to reach out to communities affected by forced marriage FGM and modern-day slavery through online events. The project aims to raise awareness of how women are affected by these issues.
Woodward Charitable Trust - core costs of phone line, internet and zoom subscription and towards helpline running costs
£500	19/10/2020	Core costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

ANEETA PREM MBE JP

CIARAN PETER O'SHEA Appointed: 2021

DIANA LARGE Appointed: 2011

DANIEL KINGSLEY SMITH JP (Chair) Appointed: 2021

DR MARY GERALDINE HUTCHINSON B.ED HONS Appointed: 2020

HELENA DEIRDRE SPENCER - SILVER Appointed: 2020

SELDA KURTULDU Appointed: 2021

SHAMEEN KATHARINA MIMI HIGHFIELD JP Appointed: 2021

THERESA ANN CHERRY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/01/2011, number: 1139657

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR12: 14 days late,

Main office

Discordo Studio E208
Unit 1-28
Echo Building
East Bay Lane
LONDON

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE SUFFERING OR ARE AT RISK OF SUFFERING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND/OR FORCED MARRIAGE, AND THE RELIEF OF ANY PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF CULTURAL PRACTICES WHICH ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO THEIR WELLBEING(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONCERNING THE ABOVE

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

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