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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

FRIENDS OF FREETOWN 

We are a grant giving charity. We give financial grants to organisations in Sierra Leone working to relieve sickness and/or relieve poverty and/or advance education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 8 years

www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk

fof@friendsoffreetown.org.uk

01223860886

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UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22£37£35£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£29£29£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20*£20£19£2n/an/an/an/an/a10
05/04/19£28£28£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
05/04/18£11£12£-1£0£0£0n/a05
05/04/17£11£10£1£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Sierra Leone,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - HIGHER UP PLAY T/A THE EDGE PLAY GYM
£15,386 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2016, number: 1165635
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR20: 1 days late,
Main office

6 Lode Avenue
Waterbeach
CAMBRIDGE
CB25 9PX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY(2) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS IN SIERRA LEONE WORKING TOWARDS ANY OR ALL OF THE ABOVE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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