Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Large legacies income: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHARITY 

promotion of human rights throughout the world, including by: monitoring abuses, assisting the victims of such abuses and eliminating infringements; research into human rights issues and providing technical advice; contributing to the sound administration of human rights law; raising awareness of, and promoting public support for, human rights issues; and international advocacy of human rights.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £4,662,000 available, equivalent to 28 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 38 years

www.amnesty.org

amnestyis@amnesty.org

02074135500

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£5,907£2,007£3,900£0£4,682£4,66227.900
31/12/21£1,811£2,772£-961£0£782£7823.400
31/12/20£1,582£1,592£-10£0£1,743£1,74313.100
31/12/19£2,945£1,373£1,572£0£1,753£1,75315.300
31/12/18£771£981£-210£0£181£1812.200
31/12/17£268£1,369£-1,101£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£1,236£4,757£-3,521£0£1,492£1,4923.800
31/12/15£4,987£277£4,710£104£5,013£4,924213.300
31/12/14£451£460£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£365£166£199£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£3,775£5,004£-1,229£25£203£1150.300
31/12/11?£7,731£7,944£-213£148£1,645£1,5372.300
31/03/10£21,306£21,901£-595£440£1,953£1,800100
31/03/09£20,290£20,688£-398£672£2,548£2,4021.400
31/03/08£18,936£18,125£811£950£2,946£2,9261.900
31/03/07£15,126£14,972£154£741£2,135£2,1151.700
31/03/06£13,235£14,733£-1,498£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£17,423£15,974£1,449£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£11,772£13,626£-1,854£0£0£0n/a00

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: 27.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 28 months
Quick Ratio: 589.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides other finance
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/04/1986, number: 294230
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/04/1986, number: 02007475
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PETER BENENSON HOUSE
1 EASTON STREET
LONDON
WC1X 0DW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE (AND IN PARTICULAR MEDICAL, REHABILITATIONAL OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE); RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS; CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION; RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PROCURING THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE, EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION AND DISAPPEARANCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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