I Choose Freedom Charity
Registered charity 289508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REIGATE AND BANSTEAD WOMEN'S AID
I Choose Freedom is a charity that provides refuge and a path to freedom for survivors of domestic abuse. We have three refuges that house women and children. As part of our Refuge for All project, we also offer self-contained units to support any survivor.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £85,354 for the year, with total income rising to £1,549,256. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £327,586, which is below the stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity holds total reserves of £1,069,517, providing a buffer against income drops and new opportunities.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months operating costs (held: £328k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the Charity should be equal to six months operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Williams & Co Epsom LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — I Choose Freedom (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Emma Bray — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Hilary Edwards — Chair of the Board of Directors (source)
- Zoë — Chief Operating Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Hilary Ann Edwardschair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Carolyne Njoki KINYANJUI
- Charlene Booth
- David Hallam
- Jane Elizabeth Healey
- Katy Curtis
- Philipsia Greenway · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sally Jane Stimpson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Surrey
Income and spending
Common questions
Is I Choose Freedom Charity financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £85,354 for the year, with total income rising to £1,549,256. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £327,586, which is below the stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity holds total reserves of £1,069,517, providing a buffer against income drops and new opportunities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Williams & Co Epsom LLP.
Who funds I Choose Freedom Charity?
Funders whose own accounts filings name I Choose Freedom Charity as a grant recipient include THE WISLEY FOUNDATION, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
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