Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 19

PEACE DIRECT

Peace Direct finds, funds & promotes local peacebuilding. We find & fund committed, pragmatic and effective individuals and organisations working at the frontline of conflict. We support and promote their work, believing it is critical their message is heard and their knowledge shared. We believe that local peacebuilding should be at the centre of all strategies for managing conflict resolution.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

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	£4,535	£4,087	£448	£339	£2,908	£1,473	4.3	26	0
31/12/22	£4,309	£3,993	£316	£165	£2,545	£1,540	4.6	22	0
31/12/21	£3,928	£3,379	£549	£225	£2,184	£950	3.4	21	0
31/12/20	£4,072	£3,777	£295	£258	£1,645	£708	2.2	24	10
31/12/19	£3,809	£3,725	£84	£366	£1,325	£597	1.9	27	10
31/12/18	£3,969	£3,438	£531	£348	£1,242	£534	1.9	20	0
31/12/17	£3,095	£2,914	£181	£269	£682	£310	1.3	16	0
31/12/16	£1,821	£1,907	£-85	£208	£478	£203	1.3	14	0
31/12/15	£1,822	£1,667	£155	£215	£552	£132	1	11	0
31/12/14	£879	£885	£-5	£205	£373	£74	1	9	0
31/12/13	£1,078	£962	£116	£188	£378	£64	0.8	9	0
31/12/12	£889	£813	£76	£170	£263	£63	0.9	10	0
31/12/11?	£702	£914	£-212	£137	£398	£110	1.4	9	0
31/03/10	£1,122	£1,060	£62	£129	£217	£106	1.2	8	0
31/03/09	£704	£682	£22	£125	£155	£55	1	7	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 17 years

peacedirect.org

info@peacedirect.org

02034225549

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief

GiG Classification

Legal & financial advice

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Burma, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo (Democratic Republic), Hackney, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Peace Direct
£100,156	08/07/2023	Maintaining Peace Direct’s UK policy and advocacy momentum
Postcode Justice Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£1,000,000	28/02/2023	Regular unrestricted award
Postcode Justice Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£900,000	09/02/2022	Regular unrestricted award
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Peace Direct
£101,660	20/03/2021 24	Maintaining Peace Direct’s UK policy and advocacy capacity during a turbulent period
National Lottery Community Fund - Rebuilding lives in eastern DR Congo
£469,658	26/06/2014 48	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Rebuilding lives in eastern DR Congo
£14,985	25/09/2013 6	No press release available in this release
Dulverton Trust - conflict transformation and violence reduction in Zimbabwe
£15,000	27/02/2013	conflict transformation and violence reduction in Zimbabwe

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-71

ANTHONY DONALD RAYMOND SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive

BRIDGET MOIX Appointed: 2024

DAVID GEORGE LOYN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Author, Communications Consultant

HOWARD MASON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant

JENNIFER ASHAWA LARBIE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Uk Advocacy And Policy Lead At Christian Aid

MARYAM MOHSIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee

PEACE JOY ASHENAFI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2008, number: 1123241
Registered at Companies House on 20/12/2007, number: 06458464

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Paying staff
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

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

1st floor
Peace Direct
Dynamis House
6-8 Sycamore Street
LONDON

Objectives

1.TO PROMOTE CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION AND TRUST WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES BY: A. INVESTIGATING AND IDENTIFYING PROBABLE CAUSES OF CONFLICT B. EXAMINING PROBABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE CONFLICT C. MEDIATING WITH PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT AND OTHERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ENABLING THEM TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST D. RECOMMENDING TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED MEASURES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE RESOLUTION OR PREVENTION OF THE CONFLICT OR THE REDUCTION OF ANY HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT MAY ENSUE FROM THE CONFLICTPROVIDED THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED AND SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE CHARITY'S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING IMPARTIAL, RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW, INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES OF NON-VIOLENCE. 2.TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITYB. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS C. PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS D. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY 3. TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS BY:A. OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSEB. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW C. PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS D. ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THIS CLAUSE 'DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS' SHALL MEAN THOSE RIGHTS WHICH ARE ENSHRINED OR INCORPORATED INTO THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO PROMOTE THOSE RIGHTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

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