GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION NETWORK (GLAN)

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
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.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£1,083,692
Donations and legacies | £1.08m | |
Charitable activities | £0 | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £2.12k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£1,264,158
Raising funds | £0 | |
Charitable activities | £1.26m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £0 | |
Charitable expenditure | £1.26m |
People

12 Employee(s)
9 Trustee(s)
10 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 1 |
One or more of the employees were formerly trustees
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Throughout England And Wales
- Ireland
Governance
- 20 June 2016: CIO registration
- GLAN (Working name)
- 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
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
9 Trustee(s)
Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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Mark Gregory Beer | Chair | 01 October 2018 |
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Ruth Mary Doyle | Trustee | 11 July 2024 |
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Gabriella Elizabeth Stefani Smith | Trustee | 16 April 2024 |
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Helen Moulinos | Trustee | 16 April 2024 |
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Gillian Rosemary Clare Thomas | Trustee | 16 April 2024 |
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Josephine Helen Kedens Richardson | Trustee | 14 November 2023 |
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Stephen William Aulsebrook | Trustee | 14 November 2023 |
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Ian Matthew Kysel | Trustee | 21 April 2020 |
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Lucinda Hardwick | Trustee | 21 April 2020 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £249.64k | £549.11k | £995.88k | £1.37m | £1.08m | |
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Total expenditure | £150.14k | £321.82k | £1.05m | £833.17k | £1.26m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | N/A | £71.40k | £85.55k | £1.37m | £1.08m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | N/A | £0 | £2.00k | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | N/A | £448.95k | £908.33k | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Endowments | N/A | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | N/A | £0 | £0 | £1.42k | £2.12k | |
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Income - Other | N/A | £28.76k | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | N/A | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | N/A | £321.82k | £1.05m | £833.17k | £1.26m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | N/A | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Governance | N/A | £432 | £0 | £8.23k | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | N/A | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | N/A | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | N/A | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | N/A | £0 | £0 | £966 | £4.22k | |
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Long-term investments | N/A | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | N/A | £436.46k | £435.44k | £997.34k | £791.45k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | N/A | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | N/A | £44.00k | £98.85k | £120.82k | £98.65k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 21 January 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 21 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 31 January 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 31 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED ON AMENDED TO CIO FOUNDATION 12 JUL 2023
Charitable objects
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.
Contact information
- Address:
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GARDEN COURT CHAMBERS
57-60 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LJ
- Phone:
- 07521203427
- Email:
- info@glanlaw.org
- Website:
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