Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

RIGHTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 

RAID PROMOTES RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BY COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD BY: MONITORING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, WORKING WITH VICTIMS TO SEEK JUSTICE AND REDRESS;RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY TO RAISE AWARENESS; INFORMING AND ADVISING GOVERNMENTS, UN, OECD AND OTHER BODIES AND ADVOCATING BINDING CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORKS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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: 11 years
(20 years as a company)

www.raid-uk.org

raid@raid-uk.org

02036970269

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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
30/09/22£306£338£-32n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/21£278£303£-25n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/20£371£323£48n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/19£297£322£-26n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/18£223£122£101£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£104£91£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16*£78£98£-20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15*£130£123£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14*£58£163£-106£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£191£133£58£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 27%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Congo (Democratic Republic), Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Throughout London, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Rights & Accountability in Development (RAID)
£150,000 08/07/2023
Core costs
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Rights & Accountability in Development (RAID)
£90,000 10/07/2020
36
Core costs
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Rights & Accountability in Development (RAID)
£50,000 17/03/2018
24
Core costs
The Joffe Trust - Rights & Accountability in Development
£120,000 13/01/2018
36
Core costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2013, number: 1150846
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/09/2003, number: 04895859
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR16: 38 days late, AR15: 4 days late, AR14: 9 days late,
Main office

Studio 204, ScreenWorks
22 Highbury Grove
London
N5 2EF

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS), AND ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BY CORPORATIONS, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:- MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- RAISING AWARENESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- INFORM AND ADVISE GOVERNMENTS, INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES ON MATTERS CONCERNING BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS; - EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND CORPORATIONS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;- INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY ON HUMAN RIGHTS;- PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;- CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;- PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG THE PUBLIC AND CORPORATIONS;- PROMOTING PUBLIC AND CORPORATE SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;- RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;- OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; AND- SEEKING TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO:- ENGAGE IN CAMPAIGNING AND EDUCATION TARGETED AT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS; AND - ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY TARGETED AT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS,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 CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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