Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Poor Liquidity: -1
Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

GLOBAL WITNESS TRUST

Through their communications, events and partnerships Global Witness bring issues to the attention of audiences around the world and onto the political agenda. Their advocacy shapes and secures laws, sanctions, and changes in business practice to ensure transition to a just and sustainable future. Using a variety of techniques including undercover filming, scraping, and analysing open source and leaked data sets, their investigations are bringing justice for those disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. They get corporations to respect the planet and human rights, governments to protect and listen to their citizens, and fight to free the online world from misinformation and hate.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£1,923	£1,923	£0	£0	£9	£9	0.1	0	0
31/12/22	£1,775	£1,778	£-4	£0	£9	£9	0.1	0	0
31/12/21	£1,176	£1,169	£7	£0	£12	£12	0.1	0	0
31/12/20	£1,423	£1,425	£-1	£0	£5	£5	0	0	0
31/12/19	£1,161	£1,164	£-4	£0	£6	£6	0.1	0	0
31/12/18	£982	£1,233	£-251	£0	£10	£10	0.1	0	0
31/12/17	£692	£441	£251	£0	£261	£11	0.3	0	0
31/12/16	£458	£457	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£285	£291	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14?	£140	£138	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/13	£442	£442	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/12	£471	£525	£-54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/11	£613	£565	£47	£3	£66	£66	1.4	0	0
30/11/10	£469	£476	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/09	£467	£521	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/08	£296	£217	£78	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/11/07	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: INF

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 18 years

https://www.globalwitness.org/en/about-us/glo

GWTmail@globalwitness.org

+44 (0)20 79470309

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Climate emergency

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Postcode Justice Trust	£1,950,000
ARCADIA	£1,887,980
The EQ Foundation	£2,200

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Global Witness Trust
£2,200	20/04/2023	via Big Give Green Match
Postcode Justice Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£900,000	31/03/2023	Regular unrestricted award
Postcode Justice Trust - Extra Award 2023
£250,000	31/03/2023	One-off award
Postcode Justice Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£800,000	23/03/2022	Regular unrestricted award
ARCADIA - Forest campaign
£1,887,980	01/09/2020	To constrain the role of finance in the destruction of climate critical tropical forests and related human rights abuses, which is vital to combatting global climate change and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.
ARCADIA - Combating illegal and unsustainable logging in tropical forests
£668,449	01/08/2016	To mitigate the current rates of biodiversity and habitat loss associated with illegal and unsustainable industrial logging in the Peruvian Amazon, Congo Basin, and South-East Asia
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£50,000	10/10/2014	Core funding
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£90,000	18/06/2014	Unrestricted grant allocated to campaigning and conservation work specifically focused on land and forests.
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£90,000	31/05/2014	Unrestricted grant allocated to campaigning and conservation work specifically focused on land and forests.
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£50,000	20/08/2013	Core funding

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How do they operate?

Forest Campaigning

Objectives: To expose and combat the destructive impact of deforestation and land grabbing on local communities and the environment

Description: Global Witness mobilise support for forest protection, advocating for policy change, and holding companies and governments accountable for illegal logging and deforestation.

Corruption Campaigning

Objectives: To target the root causes of corruption by uncovering and challenging the networks that enable it, particularly in the natural resource sector

Description: Global Witness advocate for transparency and accountability, leading to increased scrutiny of corrupt practices and promoting fair and ethical resource governance.

Land and Environmental Defenders Campaigning

Objectives: To protect the rights of activists and communities defending their land and the environment against exploitation and abuse

Description: Global Witness raises awareness about the risks faced by defenders, advocating for their safety, and pressuring governments and companies to respect their rights.

Climate Campaigning

Objectives: To address the intersection of climate change and natural resource exploitation, focusing on the critical role of forests and land in climate mitigation and adaptation

Description: Global Witness promote sustainable land use, advocating for climate-resilient policies, and exposing the links between environmental degradation and climate change.

Natural Resource Governance Campaigning

Objectives: To promote responsible and transparent management of natural resources to ensure that benefits are equitably shared and environmental impacts are minimised

Description: Global Witness advocate for reforms in resource governance, exposing corrupt practices, and empowering affected communities to demand their rights and fair treatment.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-69

ANGUS BROWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

BLANCA BLANCO Appointed: 2022

INGRID GUBBAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

OLIVER HUDSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: None

STEPHEN JEREMY BRISTOW Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Director / Producer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/02/2007, number: 1117844
Registered at Companies House on 21/07/2006, number: 05883832

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

C/O Crowe UK LLP
55 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JW

Objectives

The objects for which the company is established are to operate for charitable purposes (in accordance with the laws of England and Wales), in such a way as to promote for the public benefit the following, including but not limited to: the rule of law; human rights; the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment; an ethical and corruption-free society; and to do so by investigating and publicising using journalistic and other means, the abuse of these fundamental public benefits and advancing the education of the public in these areas.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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