Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

FREEDOM COMMUNITY PROJECT 

The Freedom Community Project provides support for people within North East Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire. We run a number of projects aimed at providing practical support for those who are struggling. We also provide fun social activities for the community to encourage people and build self esteem.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 12 years

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info@freedom.charity

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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
31/03/23£415£393£22n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/22£224£269£-45n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/21£298£227£71n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/20£182£172£10n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/19£163£152£11n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/18£149£154£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£136£129£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£92£99£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£74£62£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£71£53£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£62£48£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 80 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Sheffield City,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£243,637
DCMS£83,957
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
People's Health Trust£8,467
CAF£7,500
Crowdfunder£7,371
The MSE Charity£6,613
Co-Operative Group£6,024
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Freedom Community Project
£1,396 21/10/2023
Freedom's foodbank helps provide essential supplies to families and individuals who are struggling to make ends meet. In 2021, our foodbank fed over 5,000 people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Boosting Volunteering Opportunities
£10,000 25/08/2023
This funding will be used to pay towards the salary of a part time Volunteer Coordinator. The Volunteer Coordinator will recruit interview and train new volunteers and supervise existing volunteers ....more
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£1,861 12/10/2022
Covid response
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 26/08/2022
Freedom Community Project - core running costs
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£5,510 14/07/2022
Covid response
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Communities
£214,317 30/06/2022
This funding will support Freedom Community Project to deliver support and activities for communities across North East Derbyshire and its surrounding areas receiving £214317 over 3 years. Salaries ....more
People's Health Trust - Bolsover Circle of Friends
£8,467 15/03/2022
This two-year project establishes a friendship club in Bolsover, Derbyshire, for local residents to come together to share skills, develop community events, and build stronger social links. ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£250 30/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health & Wellbeing Recovery Post Covid
£9,670 23/07/2021
The funding will be used by the group to continue to deliver mental health and counselling support to people from Derbyshire Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire. Operating in areas of high ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Freedom Community Project
£1,500 17/02/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£62,739 09/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more
The MSE Charity - Grant to Freedom Charity
£6,613 15/11/2020
Contribution to its financial inclusion worker’s annual salary costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Freedom
£4,628 24/10/2020
We aim to support people with mental health issue to access our services and specifically our horticulture project, to teach outdoor skills.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£21,218 11/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Freedom Community Project
£5,000 08/07/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Freedom Community Project, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - freedom emergency response
£9,650 22/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide additional foodbank services and support for vulnerable people. This will enable the increase in demand to be met in supporting those who are at high risk during ....more
CAF - Grant to Freedom Community Project
£7,500 30/04/2020
3
Grant to Freedom Community Project to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Freedom Foodbank
£9,948 27/03/2019
12
The funding will be used to expand the foodbank's facilities. The project aims to increase the level of support for people affected by food poverty.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/10/2018
Freedom
Tudor Trust - Grant to Freedom Community Project
£66,000 04/10/2017
36
over three years towards the salary of an inclusion worker at a charity running community hubs in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Freedom Community Project
£69,500 09/06/2016
12
towards three years' salary of the Client Support Manager at a project providing support services to disadvantaged people in Derbyshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Freedom Community Project
£18,000 29/01/2014
The charity provides a range of low level community support services across Bolsover. The grant will support the Project Manager, enabling people to have access to advice, signposting and support to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-75
  • DIANA STRAY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Economic Policy Officer
  • REV SEAN ADAIR (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/02/2012, number: 1145774
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/12/2011, number: 07872614
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hillstown Methodist Church
Langwith Road
Bolsover
CHESTERFIELD
Derbyshire
S44 6LY

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM; - TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN BOLSOVER, DERBYSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND- TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED TO THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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