Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 14

GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION NETWORK (GLAN)

GLAN activities include the development of innovative legal actions across borders, challenging states and other powerful actors involved with human rights violations. We work with law schools, academics and legal practitioners to research, develop and pursue legal actions in partnership with local grassroots organisations seeking access to justice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
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 well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Established: 8 years

www.glanlaw.org

info@glanlaw.org

07521203427

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23	£1,374	£833	£541	£0	£877	£130	1.9	7	10
31/03/22	£996	£1,052	£-56	£0	£337	£20	0.2	5	10
31/03/21	£549	£322	£227	£0	£392	£55	2.1	5	33
31/03/20?	£250	£150	£99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
30/06/19	£146	£188	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
30/06/18	£96	£15	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17	£29	£2	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 15%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 8.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

7 employees
10 volunteers

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 Joffe Trust	£112,000
David & Elaine Potter Foundation	£40,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£40,000
J J Charitable Trust	£18,334
Mark Leonard Trust	£18,333

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mark Leonard Trust - Towards its consortium of trans-national litigation organisations.
£18,333	21/03/2023	Towards its consortium of trans-national litigation organisations.
J J Charitable Trust - Towards its consortium of trans-national litigation organisations.
£18,334	21/03/2023	Towards its consortium of trans-national litigation organisations.
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000	31/08/2022	Core funding
The Joffe Trust - Global Legal Action Network
£60,000	20/05/2022	To invest in communications and public engagement
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Global Legal Action Network
£40,000	09/07/2021 12	Tackling the global economic infrastructure of human rights violations and environmental harms
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to Global Legal Action Network
£5,000	25/05/2021	To represent 6 Portuguese young people in a case against 33 of Europe's major emitters of greenhouse gases to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The Joffe Trust - Global Legal Action Network
£52,000	24/01/2020 24	Set up professional back office functions

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

IAN MATTHEW KYSEL Appointed: 2020

JO WICKENS Appointed: 2020

JOSEPHINE HELEN KEDENS RICHARDSON Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: EPPING FOREST HERITAGE TRUST,

LUCINDA HARDWICK Appointed: 2020

MARK GREGORY BEER (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeships: ABINGDON SCHOOL, WEST OXFORDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE,

STEPHEN WILLIAM AULSEBROOK Appointed: 2023

TOM MACLEOD Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2016, number: 1167733

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

GARDEN COURT CHAMBERS
57-60 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LJ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR) AND SUBSEQUENT CONVENTIONS, DECLARATIONS AND REGIONAL CODES OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH INCORPORATE THE RIGHTS CONTAINED IN THE UDHR AND THOSE SUBSEQUENT CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, AS WELL AS THROUGH CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THROUGH LITIGATION;2) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; 3) MONITORING AND REPORTING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;4) COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO THE MAINTENANCE AND OBSERVATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS;5) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS THROUGH PRIMARY AND/OR SECONDARY LEGISLATION;6) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STANDARDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW THROUGH LITIGATION, ADVOCACY, TRAINING AND INFORMATION SHARING AS REGARDS HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS;7) COMMENTING ON THE COMPLIANCE OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS;8) RAISING AWARENESS AMONG LAWYERS, MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY AS WELL AS CIVIL SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS AND OF THEIR ENFORCEMENT THROUGH DOMESTIC LAW AND; 9) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY REGARDING THE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH THE USE OF DOMESTIC LAW.

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