# FREE UK GENEALOGY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1167484
- **Other names:** FREE BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, FREEBMD, FREECEN, FREEREG
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 6, 2016
- **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=1167484


## Contact

- **Address:** ALEXANDER BURSK, PARK GATES, BURY NEW ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M25 0JW
- **Phone:** 07546942549
- **Email:** info@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:** Promoting making historic records available as open dataDeveloping open source tools for transcription and enhancement of OCR textsProviding databases of information and associated digitised images of historic records including  the indexes to records of Birth, Marriage & Death (FreeBMD), Parish Registers and similar records (FreeREG), and Census records (FreeCEN)




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £126520 | £124544 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £156985 | £124517 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £154200 | £110916 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £88997 | £119456 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £101378 | £115482 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANDREW TURVEY** (Chair) — appointed April 13, 2018
- Alan John Tyerman — appointed Jan. 27, 2024
- Alexandra Eveleigh — appointed April 13, 2018
- GRAHAM HART — appointed June 6, 2016
- Giorgio Abraini — appointed Aug. 7, 2017
- Ian Morris Clark — appointed Jan. 27, 2024
- Nuala Patricia Clamp — appointed Jan. 27, 2024