FRIENDS OF FREETOWN

Registered charity 1165635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a grant giving charity. We give financial grants to organisations in Sierra Leone working to relieve sickness and/or relieve poverty and/or advance education.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£39k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a net deficit of £628 for the year, with unrestricted cash funds decreasing from £11,051 to £10,423. The trustees report that the charity is eligible for independent examination as gross income was below £250,000, and the independent examiner confirmed no matters required attention regarding compliance with accounting records.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

AMY LOUISE BROOKMANchair
ALISON RUTH GILES
Adelheid Russenberger
HEATHER DENISE HOBDAY
JEREMY GRAHAM BROOKMAN
PETER WILLIAM STEPHENSON

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

Operates in: Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£39k	£40k
31/03/2024	£38k	£30k
31/03/2023	£37k	£37k
31/03/2022	£37k	£35k
05/04/2021	£29k	£29k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF FREETOWN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a net deficit of £628 for the year, with unrestricted cash funds decreasing from £11,051 to £10,423. The trustees report that the charity is eligible for independent examination as gross income was below £250,000, and the independent examiner confirmed no matters required attention regarding compliance with accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF FREETOWN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF FREETOWN as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS MILTON IN THE DIOCESE OF ELY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS MILTON IN THE DIOCESE OF ELY	FY2023	£650	Charitable Payments
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS MILTON IN THE DIOCESE OF ELY	FY2021	£650	Charitable payments