Registered charity (CIO) · West Sussex
Free Shop Crawley
Free Shop Crawley is a registered charity (number 1193224) based in West Sussex, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Kirsti Godson since 2022. Latest income £255k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £255k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- West Sussex
- Website
- www.freeshopcrawley.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£255k£260k
- 2024£271k£244k
- 2023£111k£71k
Earlier years
- 2022£111k£71k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 50%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN CRAWLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, PROVIDING FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.
Grants received
13 grants · £784,020 total360Giving 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 · £680,873 (6 grants)
- Sussex Community Foundation · £34,990 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- Postcode Society Trust · £25,000
- Sport England · £13,157
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Kirsti Godson Chair since 2022
- Ashley James Wright since 2021
- David Richard Walker since 2023
- Sally Johnson since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Kirsti Godson Chair since 2022
- Ashley James Wright since 2021
- David Richard Walker since 2023
- Sally Johnson 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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1193224
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 25 Jan 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07861 907133 · info@freeshopcrawley.com
- 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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