Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

THE CIVIL LIBERTIES TRUST 

Provision of support in relation to civil liberties and human rights
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Established: 31 years

www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk

director@liberty-human-rights.org.uk

02074033888

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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£2,386£2,193£193£116£3,482£3,40918.700
31/12/21£2,401£1,812£589£101£3,289£3,21621.300
31/12/20£1,378£1,740£-362£55£2,700£2,63218.200
31/12/19£1,346£1,167£180£93£3,062£2,99430.800
31/12/18£1,382£1,088£294£93£2,882£2,8093100
31/12/17£844£1,039£-194£75£2,588£2,52229.100
31/12/16£880£852£28£55£2,783£2,67637.700
31/12/15£732£831£-99£8£2,754£2,75439.800
31/12/14£635£748£-113£9£2,853£2,85345.800
31/12/13£625£720£-94£9£2,966£2,96649.500
31/12/12£719£588£132£8£3,061£3,06162.500
31/12/11£1,103£513£591£17£2,929£2,92968.600
31/12/10£703£323£380£20£2,341£2,29085.200
31/12/09£735£645£91£30£1,961£1,96136.500
31/12/08£1,275£474£801£10£1,872£62215.700
31/12/07£307£279£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£499£316£183£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£608£291£317£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£584£335£249£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 18.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Legal Education Foundation£300,000
AB Charitable Trust£185,000
Access to Justice Foundation£62,196
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196 22/11/2022
Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
The Legal Education Foundation - Protecting the Human Rights Act and what comes next – setting a positive vision for rights in the UK
£300,000 09/11/2022
Building a collation of human rights organisations to protect and strengthen the UK human rights framework.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Civil Liberties Trust
£35,000 26/04/2022
A restricted grant of £35,000 targeting the work to defend the Human Rights Act, and lay groundwork for future campaigning. Liberty works to advance human rights in the UK through public ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Civil Liberties Trust
£50,000 01/12/2021
An unrestricted grant of £50,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of up to 5 years). The Civil Liberties Trust aims to advance human rights through public campaigning, litigation, parliamentary ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Civil Liberties Trust
£50,000 04/12/2020
An unrestricted grant of £50,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 5 years). Advancing human rights through public campaigning, litigation, parliamentary advocacy, coalition building, media ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£50,000 13/10/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Civil Liberties Trust
£50,000 14/01/2020
An unrestricted grant of £50,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 5 years, subject to annual trustee approval). Liberty aims to advance human rights through public campaigning, ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Civil Liberties Trust
£150,000 16/03/2019
60
Core costs
Barrow Cadbury Trust - The Costs of the Immigration Detention Estate.
£12,100 14/12/2018
3
To support research on the costs of indefinite immigration detention.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Civil Liberties Trust
£10,000 03/12/2018
£10,000 towards a report into the current costs of immigration detention and the financial impact of a 28 day time limit.
Trust for London - Liberty - National Council for Civil Liberties
£50,000 06/06/2018
24
The funding is for a campaign to stop the sharing of confidential information between public services and immigration enforcement, blocking migrants from essential services. This grant will allow us ....more
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£35,000 18/10/2017
12
Core funding
AB Charitable Trust - Campaign and policy work on immigration
£90,000 25/10/2016
£90,000 over 3 years (£30k, £30k, £30k) towards core costs of campaign and policy work around immigration
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Civil Liberties Trust
£30,000 10/02/2016
Through delivering targeted, practical training, Liberty will empower voluntary sector organisations to use human rights approaches to support victims of crime.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-69
  • EMMA HIGHAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Product Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/1993, number: 1024948
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/06/1993, number: 02824893
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Liberty
26-30 Strutton Ground
London
SW1P 2HR

Objectives

3.1 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998, THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED KINGDOM LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS TO WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM IS PARTY) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(I) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;(II) MONITORING, INVESTIGATING AND DOCUMENTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;(III) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(IV) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES(V) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;(VI) PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, INCLUDING BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(VII) PROMOTING THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND ADVISING ON THE INSTITUTIONS, STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS BY WHICH HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IS ENFORCED;(VIII) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND POLICY;(IX) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(X) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHT(XI) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES;(XII) TRAINING THE JUDICIARY, LAWYERS, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, CAMPAIGNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE PUBLIC IN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;(XIII) PROVIDING FREE ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. 3.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE RIGHTS, LIBERTIES AND DUTIES OF ALL CITIZENS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS BY PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES OR OTHER SIMILAR FORMS OF COMMUNICATION OR BY CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH (AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH).3.4 IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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