01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 19 August 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £38,928
- Latest expenditure
- £16,171
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Blue Bear Coffee Co, 13 Tombland, NORWICH, NR3 1HF
Website recorded by the regulator: www.bluebearfreedom.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Blue Bear Freedom UK's charitable purposes include giving grants to projects and organisations supporting children and young people affected by modern slavery, human trafficking and exploitation. Blue Bear Freedom UK also raises awareness through a variety of means, including social media, written publications, podcasts and speaking engagements.
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
- 30 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £38,928
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,171
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £16,171
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,983
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £38,928
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £16,171
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 August 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £16,171
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,983
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 30
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Dominican Republic
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- North America
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 303
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Other Finance
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BLUE BEAR FREEDOM (UK)
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2024-01-23T00:00:00
- Reason
- Removed by application
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 5161641
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1191986
- Assoc Charity Name
- BRAVE BEAR TRUST
- Charity Name
- BLUE BEAR FREEDOM (UK)
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-08-19T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Aug 2022
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND SUCH OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE (OR AT RISK OF BEING) THE VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF THE VICTIMS PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO VICTIMS AND RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN PARTICULAR THE CONSEQUENCES FOR VICTIMS.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 658209
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BBF UK
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling