FREE TO FLY

Registered charity 1194841 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Helping to relieve the suffering of expectant mothers within the UK, who are experiencing (or are at risk of experiencing) domestic abuse during pregnancy, and supporting them to protect their children long term. Activities include, but are not limited to, the provision of specialist accommodation, pre and post-natal support, parenting support, and other practical, financial and emotional support.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM, OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF SUFFERING FROM, DOMESTIC ABUSE DURING THEIR PREGNANCY AND BEYOND, WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM. IN PARTICULAR BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVIDING SPECIALIST ACCOMMODATION AND HOUSING, PRE AND POST-NATAL SUPPORT, PARENTING SUPPORT, AND ANY OTHER PRACTICAL, FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AS MAY BE NEEDED TO RELIEVE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE ON MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE ISSUE OF DOMESTIC ABUSE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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

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Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position strengthened during the year, with total income of £53,367 significantly exceeding total expenditure of £14,589. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £28,266 were held at year-end, which is above the stated policy minimum of three months' operational overheads. The charity remains dependent on grant funding but considers its resources adequate to meet foreseeable obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Community Fund — “Good news! The National Lottery Community Fund have chosen to support Free to Fly in our Portsmouth project, to help us deliver support to e…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Caroline Tapleychair
• Amy Beecroft · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Robert Dearing
• Natalie Kate Stratten

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FLIGHT FREE UK.

• FLIGHT FREE UK income £48k
• BECOMING FAMILIES income £77k
• TAUNTON WOMENS AID income £36k
• HIGH FLIGHT income £42k
• FLY2HELP income £114k
• Migrant Help income £69.8m

Side by side with its peers

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