OUR FREE MINDS CIO

Registered charity 1201014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Free Minds CIO builds and maintains project based learning communities for young people in South West England, providing an opportunity to develop skills, practice citizenship and socialise.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND BY: A) ESTABLISHING PROJECT-BASED EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOME-EDUCATED CHILDREN AND ‘SCHOOL REFUSERS’ AGED BETWEEN 5 AND 18. B) OFFERING OUT OF SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO ALL CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 5 AND 18.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income increase of £10,844, bringing total funds to £22,168, with unrestricted reserves standing at £19,663. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure, noting that current unrestricted funds are held in the current account to maintain flexibility while the charity grows. The accounts state there are no funds materially in deficit and confirm the charity is a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 25/01/2024 (received 15/01/2025, 51 days after the 25/11/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katherine Margaret Kotting BA, MScchair
• Clea Sambrook
• Poppy Louise De Witt

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

Operates in: Swindon · West Berkshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WASHINGTON MIND CIO.

• WASHINGTON MIND CIO income £985k
• NORTH BENWELL YOUTH PROJECT CIO income £179k
• PROGRAMME FOR APPLIED CHRISTIAN EDUCATION income £169k
• CURIOUS MINDS income £1.3m
• Creative Opps CIO income £90k
• MAKING IT OUT CIO income £207k

Side by side with its peers

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