FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED

Registered charity 1125960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE, FREEDOM SOCIAL PROJECTS

Freedom Community Alliance Ltd provides a range of services to homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals. Current activities include:-Provision of an open access Day Centre & multi agency hubA range of supported accommodation for men and women.Support Services and advocacy for vulnerable people. Gym facilities promoting health & Wellbeing.Temp accommodation rough sleeper pods

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

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,260,566 from £1,058,258 in the prior year, with unrestricted reserves rising to £86,715. The charity holds a designated reserves fund of £320,000, which the trustees state represents six months of cover for general running costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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

Reserves policy: four to six months of non-housing related expenditure plus 4 weeks housing benefit (held: £87k)
“The Trustees’ target is to ensure the charity has a reserve to cover Running Costs, at least cover the working capital requirements of 4 weeks’ housing benefit plus between four to six month's non-housing related expenditure to meet general running costs and ensure ongoing operations are sustainable.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Spouse of trustee employed
“During the year, the spouse of one of the Trustees was employed by the charity; Mrs Hunt was employed by the Charity at a total gross salary of £4,507 (2024: £795). The level of payments was determined in accordance with pay scales operated by the Charity and approved by the independent trustees.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Freedom Community Alliance (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £215k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£801k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~9.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£1.3m£1.1m
30/06/2024£1.1m£1.0m
30/06/2023£1.3m£1.0m
30/06/2022£951k£933k
30/06/2021£822k£831k

Common questions

Is FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £1,260,566 from £1,058,258 in the prior year, with unrestricted reserves rising to £86,715. The charity holds a designated reserves fund of £320,000, which the trustees state represents six months of cover for general running costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.

Who funds FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED as a grant recipient include SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST, THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£10kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£10kGrants
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England30/07/2025£10kFreedom to explore new beginnings
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2024£20kThe Freedom Centre – Breaking the Cycle
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2023£10kThe Freedom Centre – Homeless Drop in Centre
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£23kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2011£9kFit for Life

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FREEDOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE LIMITED£1.3m—0above—no doubt
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
TRINITY HOMELESS PROJECTS FY2025£5.9m£70,001 - £80,0002unclear—no doubt
BOSCO SOCIETY LTD FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES FY2025£409k——above—no doubt
ACTION HOMELESS (LEICESTER) LIMITED FY2025£5.0m——within—no doubt

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