THE LIBERTY KITCHEN PROJECT

Registered charity 1205646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support and assistance to prisoners, ex-prisoners and individuals who may be in prison but have not yet been convicted and / or sentenced to help their rehabilitation, transition and integration into society during the period prior to and following their release from prison and to seek to reduce the risk of offending or re-offending (as applicable) following their release.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO PRISONERS, EX-PRISONERS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE IN PRISON BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONVICTED AND / OR SENTENCED TO HELP THEIR REHABILITATION, TRANSITION AND INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY DURING THE PERIOD PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISON AND TO SEEK TO REDUCE THE RISK OF OFFENDING OR RE-OFFENDING (AS APPLICABLE) FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE, IN PARTICULAR BY ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES AS CONSIDERED FIT IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OBJECTIVES INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH:(A) PROVISION OF SKILLS TRAINING, EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO MAXIMISE OPPORTUNITIES TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY BY ASSISTING REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY;(B) COLLABORATION AND CO-OPERATION WITH THE PRISON SERVICE OR ASSOCIATED ENTITIES AND ORGANISATIONS AS CONSIDERED FIT SO THAT THE RELEVANT INDIVIDUALS ARE BETTER ABLE TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY FOLLOWING RELEASE FROM PRISON; AND(C) SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS ON RELEASE TO HELP THEM DEEPEN LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS THROUGH JOB OPPORTUNITIES (AIDING REINTEGRATION)

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £14,719 for the year, with unrestricted reserves of £26,258. This falls below the trustees' stated reserves policy target of retaining free reserves of at least £30,000 to cover three months of commitments. The accounts state the charity is in a stable financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as 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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LORD CHARLES LESLIE FALCONERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Watts
• Karen Barnes
• Lord Edward Peter Lawless Faulks KC
• Mohamed Hassan Ali

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of London · Hammersmith And Fulham · Islington · Kent · Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CLINK CHARITY.

• THE CLINK CHARITY income £6.9m
• LIBERTY CHOIR UK income £443k
• PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP income £2.1m
• WALK MINISTRIES income £1.4m
• UNLOCKED GRADUATES income £3.5m
• FOOD BEHIND BARS income £141k

Side by side with its peers

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