Sample message: Is Freegle a Charity?

This is a sample message you can use if someone asks whether Freegle is a charity.

Hi there

Thanks for getting in touch.

Freegle isn't registered with the Charity Commission, which issues charity numbers, but we are registered as charitable with the FCA. This is because our organisational structure is a type of cooperative, a Registered Society for the Benefit of the Community. Our registration number with the FCA is 32410R (https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/9593). We're also registered with HMRC as charitable (our ref. XT32865), so we're legally a charity and can claim Gift Aid, though of a slightly different type than you might be used to.

We're a totally online organisation with no central office - we all work from our own homes - so the organisation address in Norfolk belongs to one of our founders, who has kindly let Freegle use it as a registered address.

I hope that helps.

Warm regards

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