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The Freedom Fund UK

The Freedom Fund UK is a registered charity (number 1158838) based in London, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £3.7m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as FF-UK (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £3.7m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
India, United States, Nepal
Website
www.freedomfund.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Freedom Fund UK
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.7m£3.8m
  • 2023£3.5m£3.6m
  • 2022£3.3m£3.3m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.7m£2.7m
  • 2020£2.7m£2.7m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1) THE REDUCTION AND ERADICATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ALL ITS FORMS, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF MEANS BY WHICH TO COMBAT MODERN SLAVERY;2) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OTHER MODERN FORMS OF SLAVERY BY PROVIDING MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES TO SUCH PERSONS;3) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER HARDSHIP OF THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OTHER MODERN FORMS OF SLAVERY;4) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND5) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES, MANIFESTATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OTHER MODERN FORMS OF SLAVERY AND THE PROVISION OF RELATED ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO GOVERNMENT BODIES, POLICE FORCES, BORDER AND IMMIGRATION AGENCIES AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT ORGANISATIONS.

Grants received

3 grants · £886,200 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

  • Postcode Justice Trust · £500,000
  • Home Office · £386,200 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Postcode Justice Trust £500,0002023-02-02
  • Home Office £219,7052021-07-28
  • Home Office £166,4952020-04-01
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.

9 trustees on the board

4.1y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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 9Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

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

Tech and media 7

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

42 from 30 in 2020
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
1158838
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/09/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 AUG 2017
Companies House
Company number 08926428 · Active
Contact on the register
02037772200 · info@freedomfund.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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