FREE@LAST

Registered charity 1101078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing support and opportunities for local people to improve their standards of living and reach their full potential. This includes youth work, teenage pregnancy and sexual health, dad's support, debt & benefit advice, outdoor activities, multi-media and career support.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £104,001, while the charity's reserves policy target is six months of day-to-day expenditure, a target described as 'a long way from being fulfilled'. The charity reported a net expenditure of £8,906 for the year, with total funds decreasing slightly from £1,932,462 to £1,923,556.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — free@last (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Arthur Tsang
• Dr Rashida Sharif · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hannah Cox
• John Moore
• Naomi Spencer
• Prof. Elaine Limond
• RUBINA DARR
• Spencer Turner

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).