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Registered charity · Hull

The Freedom Community Trust Limited

4.1.1 To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Kingston upon Hull, in particular but not exclusively the inhabitants of Southcoates and/or Marfleet and/or within 5 miles of either of those two locations...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.0m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 6 more
Where
Kingston Upon Hull City
Linked company
The Freedom Community Trust Limited
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.0m£1.4m
  • 2024£786k£1.2m
  • 2023£794k£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£660k£1.1m
  • 2021£703k£1.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4.1.1 To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Kingston upon Hull, in particular but not exclusively the inhabitants of Southcoates and/or Marfleet and/or within 5 miles of either of those two locations (provided always that any such location remains within the Hull City boundary) by all or any of the following means:(a) the relief of poverty in such ways as may be thought fit;(b) the relief of unemployment by providing help and advice information, and other forms of care and training;(c) the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people and providing work experience for the unemployed;(d) the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance, business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help in setting up their own business or to existing businesses;(e) the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of managed workspace units or other business units, buildings and/or land for use on favourable terms;(f) the provision of advisory and counselling services;(g) the provision of facilities for recreational and leisure time occupation and the organisation of leisure activities;(h) the protection or conservation of the environment;(i) the holding of exhibitions, meetings, lectures, classes, seminars and courses, either alone or with others;(j) the promotion of public safety and prevention of crime; and(k) the promotion of health and health lifestyles and the provision of advice on the same;(l) such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to the prior consent of the Charity Commission.

Grants received

11 grants · £244,969 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

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.

6.7y median 8.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1

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

Property 7Education 2Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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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£1.0m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

59.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 92.2 in 2021

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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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1094807
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 JUNE 2000, INCORPORATED ON CHANGE OF NAME 17 JULY 2002, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 7 APRIL 2008. as amended on 08 May 2019 as amended on 05 Jun 2019 as amended on 26 Sept 2024
Companies House
Company number 04012143 · Active
Contact on the register
01482710100 · steve.garnett@freedomcentre.info
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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