The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Freeways Trust

Registered charity 1102216 Registered since 2004

Operates: North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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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.

4 trustees on the board

6.3y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4

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 7Business services 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£2.0m 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 18.5 in 2021

5 from 4 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.

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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://freeways.org.uk/
Emailinfo@freewaystrust.org.uk
Phone01275372109
AddressFREEWAYS, LEIGH COURT BUSINESS CENTRE, PILL ROAD, ABBOTS LEIGH, BRISTOL, BS8 3RA

Finances

£1,956,740 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£905,505£645,989
2022£956,044£661,326
2023£1,136,139£836,170
2024£1,151,617£936,132
2025£1,956,740£1,099,435

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) AND THE CARE AND RELIEF OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS OR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS OR ANY OTHER DISORDER OF THE MIND BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OR ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES AND HOSTELS AND TRAINING CENTRES FOR SUCH PERSONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 27 JANUARY 2004

Trustees (4)

4trustees
64median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Freeways Trust · 05026647 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/01/2004

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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