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Registered charity · Croydon

Free the Children UK

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £9k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.we.org/gb (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Free the Children (UK)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9k£27k
  • 2024£10k£7k
  • 2023£5k£257k
Earlier years
  • 2022£214k£121k
  • 2021£147k£636k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

4 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. (2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH. (3) SUCH OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

4 grants · £1,986,600 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.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,926,600 (2 grants)
  • ZING · £50,000
  • SHAREGIFT · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £925,0002019-03-07
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,001,6002017-10-26
  • SHAREGIFT £10,0002017-03-10
  • ZING £50,0002015-05-01
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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 5.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

23.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 4General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 5Business services 3Construction 3

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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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£9k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1138645
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/07/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/10/2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17/03/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/05/2015
Companies House
Company number 07306686 · Active
Contact on the register
07720287516 · ukyouth@we.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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