Registered charity · Newton Abbot
Freely Given Retreats
Freely Given Retreats is a registered charity (number 1167145) based in Newton Abbot, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Dr Lesley Wye since 2022. Latest income £18k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £18k (2025)
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.freelygivenretreats.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£18k£18k
- 2024£16k£19k
- 2023£21k£20k
Earlier years
- 2022£12k£12k
- 2021£8k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF MEDITATION USING PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA THROUGH ORGANISING MEDITATION RETREATS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL WHO ATTEND REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
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
- Dr Lesley Wye Chair since 2022
- Caroline Low since 2025
- Richard Reid since 2013
- Stewart Moir since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Reid since 2013
- Stewart Moir since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Caroline Low since 2025
- Richard Reid since 2013
- Stewart Moir since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Lesley Wye Chair since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1167145
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 06 JAN 2015
- Contact on the register
- 07935226061 · info@freelygivenretreats.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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