THE LOUIS AND VALERIE FREEDMAN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 271067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOUIS FREEDMAN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Grant making charity

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£178k
Latest spending
£169k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £4,939,283 to £4,145,482 due to significant investment losses of £776,007. Despite this reduction in capital value, the charity generated £129,204 in investment income, which facilitated charitable expenditure of £112,220 and resulted in a net movement in funds of negative £793,801.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain sufficient capital assets to generate an income to enable the charity to pay out between £90,000 and £120,000 per year (reserves figure: £4.1m)
“The trustees reserve policy is now to retain sufficient capital assets to generate an income to enable the charity to pay out between £90,000 and £120,000 per year.” — page 5
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Hughes Collett (controlled by trustee F.H. Hughes) received £6,000 for accountancy and administration services.
“In the year Hughes Collett, a firm controlled by F.H. Hughes, a trustee, provided accountancy and administration services to the trust in the sum of £6,000 (2022- £6,000).” — page 13
Per its FY2023 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£178k£169k
05/04/2024£113k£130k
05/04/2023£129k£147k
05/04/2022£124k£102k
05/04/2021£118k£142k

Common questions

Is THE LOUIS AND VALERIE FREEDMAN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £4,939,283 to £4,145,482 due to significant investment losses of £776,007. Despite this reduction in capital value, the charity generated £129,204 in investment income, which facilitated charitable expenditure of £112,220 and resulted in a net movement in funds of negative £793,801. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
COMET CHARITIES LTD1£97k
KMB ESTATES1£10k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST1£5k
STAHL MEMORIAL LIMITED1£2k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WINEMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LOUIS AND VALERIE FREEDMAN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT£178k—0unclear—no doubt
WINEMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
THE IRIS AND DAVID FREEMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£40k—0unclear—no doubt
LAUFER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£123k——unclear—no doubt
FRANK RUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.