The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Freemen of England and Wales

Registered charity 293536 Registered since 1986

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

7 trustees on the board

6y median 4y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

1
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 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Recreation 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 1Professional services 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£9k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.freemen-few.org.uk
Emailleehensley@btinternet.com
Phone07780 680810
Address86 Painswick Road, GLOUCESTER, GL4 6PT

Finances

£9,401 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,690£1,992
2022£4,543£3,129
2023£4,535£3,228
2024£6,744£5,325
2025£9,401£5,636

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO, THE HISTORY AND LEGAL CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT TOWNS OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH RELATION TO THE LEGAL INSTITUTION OF THE FREEDOM. TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28/09/1985AS AMENDED ON 23/09/1989AS AMENDED ON 19/09/1992AS AMENDED ON 21/09/1996AS AMENDED ON 17/09/2011 as amended on 26 Apr 2020

Trustees (7)

7trustees
92median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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