FREA

Registered charity 1197939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FREA CIC

Frea brings together three independent, long-established Irish charities in the North of England. By working in partnership the charities aim to connect their work and further extend the ethos of care, culture and community that drives their charitable work

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM IRISH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT BRITAIN, IN PARTICULAR, THOSE RESIDING IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION THROUGH COMBINED CLUSTERING, COLLABORATION, SHARED SKILL AND RESOURCES TO ENABLE CHARITIES TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THEIR SERVICES TO FURTHER THIS PURPOSE.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN IRISH CULTURE, HISTORY AND HERITAGE THROUGHOUT BRITAIN, IN PARTICULAR, THOSE RESIDING IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,031 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £157,721 from £89,811 in the previous year. Total expenditure was £155,690, and unrestricted reserves stood at £4,151, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of covering four months' running costs and redundancy provisions. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fréa (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Hanlonchair
• Breege McDaid
• Patrick James Morrison

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

Operates in: Leeds City · Liverpool City · Manchester City

Income and spending

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