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Freedom City Foundation

SC042193Registered charity from 28 March 2011
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous legal name Take Heart for the Nations from 28 March 2011 to 12 February 2025. This SCIO was incorporated on 22 July 2014 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Take Heart for the Nations Company number:SC395640).
Charity Information:
Address Take Heart for the Nations
6 St Mungo's Road
Cumbernauld
North Lanarkshire
Postcode G67 1QR
Website www.takeheart.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
As an outworking of our Christian faith and underpinned by our Christian principles and values, the Freedom City Foundation exists to establish and run practical, community-based projects designed to assist and equip individuals and communities to overcome the challenges they face. We focus particularly, but not exclusively, on the relief of poverty, recovery from addiction and life controlling issues and family support. The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: 4.1 The prevention or relief of poverty through engaging in local community projects for the poor, underprivileged and people otherwise in need also through projects in targeted communities and through overseas projects in developing nations. 4.2 The advancement of education by providing training and by supporting or assisting in the training of people to achieve positive outcomes. We also train, equip and commission volunteers to support service users effectively. 4.3 The saving of lives, through accessible community outreach to those in need and supporting them in accessing our charitable initiatives. 4.4 The advancement of health through encouraging, promoting and supporting the spiritual, physical, emotional, mental and material wellbeing through our charitable initiatives. 4.5 The advancement of citizenship or community development through long-term regeneration, rebuilding and restoration projects in individual lives and targeted communities. 4.6 The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, in particular for children, young people, families, the elderly and those in recovery from addiction. 4.7 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Charity was set up to respond crisis events and home and abroad but now focuses on responding to poverty related issues in our local community. This is done through the provision of a foodbank (affiliated with The Trussell Trust), a holistic support and mentoring programme called Real Life Changes and the provision of a Financial Inclusion project run in partnership with the Local Citizens Advice Office. We also work in partnership with our host church to provide support to those in addiction.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 22 Jul 2014
Previous Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 28 Mar 2011
Main Operating Location: North Lanarkshire
Number of Staff: 2
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the saving of lives", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £14,248 £19,169 26 Jul 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £109,099 £35,444 12 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £94,651 £106,954 24 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £132,708 £114,019 03 Sept 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Claire MacPhee
Theresa McLaughlin
James Gibson
Lesley McGreoger
Alan Wylie
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