Registered charity · London
Free Representation Unit
- 3 trustees
- Income £0 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout London, Nottingham City, Essex, Hertfordshire and more
- Website
- www.thefru.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£0£0
- 2024£0£0
- 2023£0£0
Earlier years
- 2022£356k£425k
- 2021£440k£477k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION BEFORE TRIBUNALS AND COURTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD SUCH ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION; AND(2) TO ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OR LAW STUDENTS, PUPILS, TRAINEES, JUNIOR BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF (1) ABOVE.
Grants received
10 grants · £529,035 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
- Trust for London · £265,000 (2 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £143,100 (2 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £100,946 (3 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £19,989 (3 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis for researchers
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Fenella Morris QC since 2013
- Michael Fealy QC since 2013
- Sean Jones QC since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Fenella Morris QC since 2013
- Michael Fealy QC since 2013
- Sean Jones QC since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Fenella Morris QC since 2013
- Michael Fealy QC since 2013
- Sean Jones QC since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 295952
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 22 DECEMBER 1986 MARCH 1994 AND AMENDED 13 APRIL 2005 AND 11 MARCH 2008
- Contact on the register
- 02076119550 · admin@thefru.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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