FREED

Registered charity 1090776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FREED BEECHES

The relief of those suffering from eating disorders. The preservation and protection of physical and mental health of families of sufferers of eating disorders. The education of the public and professionals about eating disorders.

Objects

1 THE RELIEF OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM ANOREXIA NERVOSA, BULIMIA NERVOSA AND OTHER EATING DISORDERS IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE2 THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE FAMILIES OF SUFFERERS OF EATING DISORDERS3 THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS ABOUT EATING DISORDERS

Area of benefit: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chesterfield, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £70,753, which the trustees describe as approximately 3-4 months of running costs, falling below their ideal target of 10 to 12 months. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £188,039 for the year, with the majority of funding derived from charitable activities and voluntary income. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 10/07/2026, 10 days after the 30/06/2026 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 17/11/2023, 140 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 01/07/2022, 1 day after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FREED-Beeches (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR STEPHEN LINACRE BSC, MBPSSchair
• Mark Riley
• Roger Kevin Ryder
• Zoe Burnett

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derbyshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PERSONALISED EATING DISORDER SUPPORT.

• PERSONALISED EATING DISORDER SUPPORT income £506k
• EATING BETTER income £450k
• FEEDING FAMILIES income £913k
• FAIR FROME income £254k
• SOUTH YORKSHIRE EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION income £958k
• FREE@LAST income £324k

Side by side with its peers

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