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Registered charity · Bury St. Edmunds

Great Barton Free Church

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £150k (2025)

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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 3 more
Where
Suffolk
Website
www.freedomchurchgb.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Great Barton Free Church Limited
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£150k£117k
  • 2024£161k£174k
  • 2023£188k£184k
Earlier years
  • 2022£149k£147k
  • 2021£118k£115k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEF IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;2 TO FURTHER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;3 TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND4 TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES (WHETHER IN A PURPOSE BUILT COMMUNITY CENTRE OR OTHERWISE) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF GREAT BARTON AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS, WHICH FACILITIES MAY WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Grants received

1 grant · £10,000 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

Most recent

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 trustees on the board

5y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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

Hospitality 8Agriculture 2Education 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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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£150k latest income
24 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1151616
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 JAN 2013
Companies House
Company number 08364261 · Active
Contact on the register
01284 788032 · hello@freedomchurch.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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