FREE THE FORGOTTEN

Registered charity 1188376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FTF prepare and inspire a new generation of the youth for constructive engagement and by linking communities to discuss sustainable community safety and development whereas a sense of helplessness, exclusion, and desperation is eradicated. To build a stronger community surrounding the North West London area by offering a range of services including Educational/Employment/Housing and Wellbeing etc.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£60k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £320 for the year ended 01 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £19,798. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters were identified requiring attention regarding accounting records or compliance with the Charities Act 2011.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and donations
“Grants and donations 43,720”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Refund of out-of-pocket expenses for trustees
“No transactions other than the refund of out-of-pocket expenses for the trustees The Charity took place during the year under review” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya · Somalia · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2025£60k£60k
01/04/2024£70k£56k
01/04/2023£88k£85k
01/04/2022£37k£37k
01/04/2021£0£0

Common questions

Is FREE THE FORGOTTEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £320 for the year ended 01 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £19,798. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters were identified requiring attention regarding accounting records or compliance with the Charities Act 2011. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2024£20k“Shaah Iyo Sheeko” This simply translates to “Tea and Stories” in Somalian.