The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

I Choose Freedom Charity

Registered charity 289508 Registered since 1984

Operates: Surrey

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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

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 8Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1

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

Health and social care 9Arts and leisure 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£1.5m latest income
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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2021

26 from 11 in 2021
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ichoosefreedom.co.uk/
Emailinfo@ichoosefreedom.co.uk
Phone03033300033
AddressC/O MULBERRY & CO, EASTGATE HOUSE, DOGFLUD WAY, FARNHAM, SURREY, GU9 7UD

Finances

£1,549,256 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£922,786£692,785
2022£999,677£865,770
2023£1,539,476£1,141,173
2024£1,322,624£1,398,057
2025£1,549,256£1,463,902

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The object of the Company is to promote the welfare of those who experience or have experienced domestic abuse and their children (hereinafter referred as ‘clients’) by:3.1 providing access to temporary refuge in safe accommodation where clients can find protection from threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional);3.2 providing skilled practical help, advice and emotional support to enable clients to return to independent living. Such help may include support and advice to other family members or significant associates where this is thought to be material in promoting the future well-being of clients. To offer resettlement service where applicable and services for children;3.3 influencing, contributing and encouraging the development of public policy and good practice relevant to domestic abuse, including fostering and promoting co-operation between other persons and bodies at local and national level, and participating in relevant activities; and3.4 educating the public in the causes and effects of domestic abuse.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 17/05/1984. as amended on 16 Nov 2021 as amended on 16 Mar 2022 as amended on 30 May 2022 as amended on 30 May 2022 as amended on 26 Jun 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

I Choose Freedom Charity · 01806055 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 04/04/1984

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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