Registered charity (CIO) · Lincoln
The Free Shop
The Free Shop is a registered charity (number 1194346) based in Lincoln, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Alice Rose Corrigan since 2021. Latest income £116k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £116k (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
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Lebanon, Throughout England, Syria
- Website
- www.thefreeshoplb.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£116k£102k
- 2024£61k£67k
- 2023£120k£125k
Earlier years
- 2022£45k£42k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) AND EUROPE BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.
Grants received
2 grants · £17,786 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 Funding Network · £10,536
- Foundation Scotland · £7,250
Most recent
- Foundation Scotland
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Alice Rose Corrigan Chair since 2021
- Abigail Anna Swan since 2025
- Angelica Abi-Farah since 2026
- Arthur Newton since 2021
- Elizabeth Jo Costello Tasker since 2025
- Francesco Tessari since 2025
- Mark Byrne since 2026
- Tom Page since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Abigail Anna Swan since 2025
- Angelica Abi-Farah since 2026
- Arthur Newton since 2021
- Elizabeth Jo Costello Tasker since 2025
- Francesco Tessari since 2025
- Mark Byrne since 2026
- Tom Page since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Alice Rose Corrigan Chair since 2021
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 1194346
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 May 2021
- Contact on the register
- +447308522050 · operations@thefreeshoplebanon.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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