01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 9 April 2003
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £0
- Latest expenditure
- £0
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: ALEXANDER BURSK, PARK GATES, BURY NEW ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 0JW
Website recorded by the regulator: www.freeukgenealogy.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The charity provides access worldwide, and free of charge, to databases of genealogical information, develops tools to support community transcription of historical documents and promotes making family and wider history records available under open data formats.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
04 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
05 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
06 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FREE UK GENEALOGY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2003-04-09T00:00:00
07 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 01/06/2002AS AMENDED ON 21/03/2003AS AMENDED ON 03/11/2014
- Charitable Objects
- THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:-(A) SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, THE PROVISION OF AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED DIGITISED IMAGES OF INFORMATION HELD IN THE INDEXES OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS HELD BY THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES;(B) SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT OF THE RELEVANT AUTHORITY, THE PROVISION OF SIMILAR DATABASES OF INFORMATION AND ASSOCIATED DIGITISED IMAGES OF OTHER RECORDS OF GENEALOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE ( INCLUDING, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, PARISH REGISTERS, CENSUS RECORDS, ELECTORAL REGISTERS, DIRECTORIES AND WILLS).
- Area Of Benefit
- NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
08 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 426665
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- FREEBMD
- Charity Name Id
- 426659
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- FREE BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
- Charity Name Id
- 580398
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- FREEBMD
- Charity Name Id
- 426671
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- FREEREG
- Charity Name Id
- 426669
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- FREECEN
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management