Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 

Provide information and other resources Develop and deliver training and consultancy Lead and/or collaborate on demonstration and pilot projects across the voluntary and community and public sectors Undertake research and policy analysis Lobby national government and Parliament, conduct media activity and campaigns and occasional strategic legal interventions
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 20 years

www.bihr.org.uk

info@bihr.org.uk

020 3039 3646

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UN SDGs
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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£436£400£36n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£284£313£-30n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£312£235£76n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£275£222£54n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£297£252£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£226£354£-127£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£449£545£-96£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£703£585£118£13£256£1703.5100
31/12/14£390£314£76£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£245£272£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£400£354£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£381£420£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£482£441£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£592£587£5£12£41£170.3110
31/12/08£400£491£-90£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£346£369£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£346£369£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£306£317£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£358£188£170£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 22%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, 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
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£225,000
John Ellerman Foundation£125,000
Tudor Trust£100,000
Comic Relief£73,615
The Bromley Trust£40,000
Three Guineas Trust£38,300
AB Charitable Trust£15,000
The Fore£4,667
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to British Institute of Human Rights
£90,000 18/03/2023
BIHR Core costs
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£10,000 04/07/2022
BIHR supports others to know, use and protect human rights in the UK. This is an additional one year unrestricted grant towards their work.
John Ellerman Foundation - Essential Resource team salaries: Director, Programmes & Policy Manager, Operations Coordinator
£125,000 27/01/2022
36
Towards core management and operations team to support communities to secure social change through the practical use of human rights standard in practice and policy
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£30,000 17/01/2022
BIHR supports others to know, use and protect human rights in the UK. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The British Institute of Human Rights
£15,000 07/10/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. The British Institute of Human Rights works to enable change through human rights by supporting people and organisations to use human rights advocacy and approaches ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to British Institute of Human Rights
£2,000 22/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Comic Relief - The British Institute of Human Rights ecovery Funding
£26,025 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to BIHR
£4,667 17/06/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to BIHR, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Tudor Trust - Grant to British Institute of Human Rights (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 11/05/2020
as emergency funding to assist with free rights-based webinars for community groups and people with support needs, their families and carers during the Coronavirus pandemic
Three Guineas Trust - Free online information and training on human rights
£38,300 06/05/2020
To provide free online information and training for people with autism, learning disabilities or mental health problems, their carers, and care staff and managers on understanding human rights in ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to British Institute of Human Rights
£135,000 21/03/2020
36
Core costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to British Institute of Human Rights
£96,000 18/03/2020
36
over three years as core funding to support community-based human rights work across different parts of the UK
Comic Relief - Ensuring women can benefit from their human rights to rebuild their lives
£47,590 04/09/2019
12
BIHR are planning an offline app to support women to know their human rights and the duties of public services to respect and protect these, not only to keep them safe (which is vital) but to also ....more
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£30,000 09/01/2019
36
BIHR supports others to know, use and protect human rights in the UK. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The British Institute of Human Rights
£4,703 19/11/2018
We want to hold two events to give support and guidance to mental health services to help them achieve better treatment for people.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£10,000 01/02/2018
12
BIHR supports others to know, use and protect human rights in the UK. This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£10,000 07/06/2017
12
BIHR supports others to know, use and protect human rights in the UK. This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to British Institute of Human Rights
£105,000 18/03/2017
36
Core costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-79
  • EDITH PRAK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director Of Development, The Ou, Other trusteeship: ETHIOPIAID,
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/01/2004, number: 1101575
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/11/2003, number: 04978121
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

167-169 Great Portland Street
Fifth Floor
London
W1W 5PF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS; THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND ITS PROTOCOLS AND OTHER EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES; INTER-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES; AND UK DOMESTIC LEGISLATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS) THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INTERNATIONALLY BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A) MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; B) MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS; C) COMMISSIONING OR CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; D) PRODUCING OR PUBLISHING RESEARCH AND OTHER MATERIALS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; E) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS; F) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE AND BRIEFINGS TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS; G) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; H) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS; I) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; J) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; K) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES; L) CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; M) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; N) PROMOTING THE ELIMINATION OF INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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