FREE THE WAY

Registered charity 1107435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Help and advice for peple suffering from addiction problems, referrals to specilalist treatment programmes. Supported accommodation providing stability and support to help clients in their journey towards recovery and independent living. A drop in facility providing food and washing facilities, a correspondance address and clothes for homeless substance misusers in Easington and srrounding areas.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£394k
Latest spending
£348k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £46,041 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £141,451. The trustees confirmed that no material matters came to the examiner's attention regarding the financial statements or accounting records. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£394k£348k
31/03/2024£362k£349k
31/03/2023£368k£354k
31/03/2022£347k£355k
31/03/2021£370k£334k

Common questions

Is FREE THE WAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £46,041 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £141,451. The trustees confirmed that no material matters came to the examiner's attention regarding the financial statements or accounting records. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FREE THE WAY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FREE THE WAY as a grant recipient include THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£5k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£5kGrant category header
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£2kCharitable activities
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/11/2024£18kFree The Way Holistic Recovery Project
Sport England04/05/2023£4kRide to Recovery
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2022£47kFree The Way Recovery for the North East
Community Foundation North East10/11/2022£3kGrant to Free the Way
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2022£8kFree the way
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2020£9kfree the way
The National Lottery Community Fund17/12/2019£88kFree the Way
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2018£3kfree the way
Northern Rock Foundation09/10/2012£98kGrant awarded to Free the Way (Durham)
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2011£196kThe Way Forward
Northern Rock Foundation10/03/2009£109kGrant awarded to Free the Way (Durham)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FREE THE WAY£394k—0unclear—no doubt
FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
3.13 FY2025£1.4m£80,001 - £90,000—below—no doubt
TEEN CHALLENGE LONDON FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
MULBERRY COMMUNITY PROJECTS (BLACKPOOL) FY2026£274k—0below—no doubt
GATE WAY TRUST FY2025£480k—0below—not going concern

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.