01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 15 November 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 26 January 2024 – 25 January 2025
- Latest income
- £46,620
- Latest expenditure
- £35,776
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 4 OLD MEADOW COTTAGES, LOCKERIDGE, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 4EN
Website recorded by the regulator: www.ourfreeminds.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
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.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 January 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 25 November 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £46,620
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £35,776
- Fin Period Start Date
- 15 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 January 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 25 November 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £60,291
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £48,967
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 26 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 January 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 25 November 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 24 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £46,620
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £35,776
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 15 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 25 January 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 25 November 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 15 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £60,291
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £48,967
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wiltshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- West Berkshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Swindon
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- OUR FREE MINDS CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-11-15T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Nov 2022 as amended on 14 Sept 2026
- Charitable 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
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures