Fearfree Charity

Registered charity 1064764 Registered since 1997

Operates: Devon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Bristol City, Somerset

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

Maureen Margrie Chair since 2024
Adrian Long since 2022
Clare Fielden since 2021
Joanna Kitching since 2025
Mark Smith since 2025
Nigel Peter Stevens since 2023
Rebecca Ayres since 2018

3.4y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Rebecca Ayres since 2018

9.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Maureen Margrie Chair since 2024
Adrian Long since 2022
Clare Fielden since 2021
Joanna Kitching since 2025
Mark Smith since 2025
Nigel Peter Stevens since 2023
Rebecca Ayres since 2018

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 8Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£5.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

155 from 95 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

75%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Service to the Aged Similar size; both Housing
The Mayfield Trust Similar size; both Housing
BOW Arts Trust Similar size; both Housing
The Wilberforce Trust Similar size; both Housing
First Light South West LTD Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.fearfree.org.uk
Email	finance@fearfree.org.uk
Phone	01225777724
Address	OAK HOUSE, EPSOM SQUARE, WHITE HORSE BUSINESS PARK, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 0XG

Finances

£5,173,235 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,220,987	£3,192,247
2022	£3,501,062	£3,541,818
2023	£4,134,996	£4,300,034
2024	£4,756,658	£4,466,591
2025	£5,173,235	£4,899,221

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The objects for which the Company is established are to relieve the needs of adults, children and families who have experienced or are experiencing domestic abuse, sexual violence, stalking and harassment in the United Kingdom

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/04/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/05/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/07/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/04/2007AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 29/11/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 FEB 2017 as amended on 28 Oct 2022 as amended on 24 May 2023 as amended on 21 Aug 2023 as amended on 01 Sept 2023

Trustees (7)

7trustees

62median age

0aged 70+

Maureen Margrieage band 60-64 Chair since 2024
Adrian Longage band 65-69 since 2022
Clare Fieldenage band 50-54 since 2021
Joanna Kitchingage band 55-59 since 2025
Mark Smithage band 65-69 since 2025
Nigel Peter Stevens since 2023
Rebecca Ayresage band 45-49 since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

Fearfree Charity Limited · 03360057 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 25/04/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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