# FREE UK GENEALOGY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1096940
- **Other names:** FREEBMD, FREE BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, FREECEN, FREEREG
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 9, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1096940


## Contact

- **Address:** ALEXANDER BURSK, PARK GATES, BURY NEW ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M25 0JW
- **Phone:** 07546942549
- **Email:** executive@freeukgenealogy.org.uk
- **Website:** www.freeukgenealogy.org.uk



## Activities

**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).

**Activities:** 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and free of charge, to databases of genealogical information, develops tools to support community transcription of historical documents and promotes making family and wider history records available under open data formats.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Andrew Turvey** (Chair) — appointed April 13, 2018
- GRAHAM MICHAEL HART
- RICHARD BRIAN LIGHT — appointed April 29, 2015