THE CIVIL LIBERTIES TRUST

Charity number: 1024948
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provision of support in relation to civil liberties and human rights

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£1,819,239

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Donations and legacies £1.79m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £0
Investments £30.07k
Other £5

Total expenditure:
£1,949,815

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Raising funds £121.30k
Charitable activities £1.83m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

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.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £121.30k
Charitable expenditure £1.83m

People

12 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 August 1993: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • CIVIL LIBERTIES TRUST (Previous name)
Company number:
02824893 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

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

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Christina Blacklaws Chair 29 June 2022
None on record
Margaret Ruth Breddal Trustee 18 September 2024
None on record
Alastair James Livesey Trustee 19 December 2023
JUSTICE
Received: On time
Thomas Douglas Holland Trustee 18 December 2023
None on record
Emma Higham Trustee 07 December 2023
None on record
Nazmin Choudhury Trustee 24 October 2023
None on record
Ian Paul McDougall Trustee 24 October 2023
None on record
Nicholas Guy Turner Trustee 24 October 2023
None on record
Aidan Joseph Geary Trustee 02 August 2023
None on record
Hannah Jayne Cox Trustee 08 September 2021
None on record
Baroness Jane Campbell Trustee 01 July 2020
None on record
LETIITIA CORINNA ANDREWARTHA Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £1.35m £1.38m £2.40m £2.39m £1.82m
Total expenditure £1.17m £1.74m £1.81m £2.19m £1.95m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.26m £1.38m £2.38m £2.36m £1.79m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £76.86k £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £5.75k £2.67k £296 £5.06k £30.07k
Income - Other £40 £0 £23.71k £20.00k £5
Income - Legacies £212.51k £96.55k £994.89k £421.07k £115.07k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.07m £1.68m £1.71m £2.08m £1.83m
Expenditure - Raising funds £92.79k £55.18k £100.51k £116.24k £121.30k
Expenditure - Governance £0 £6.84k £7.42k £18.31k £16.95k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £1.63m £1.97m £1.75m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

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 Investments

Investments 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.

Other assets

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 liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These 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.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £2.21m £2.16m £2.10m £2.04m £2.02m
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £1.98m £1.72m £1.93m £2.08m £2.02m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £1.12m £1.18m £739.83k £642.28k £694.19k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 10 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 10 July 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 04 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 04 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 10 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 10 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 27 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 27 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 21 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 21 September 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 JUNE 1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 12TH JULY 2000 AND 17TH JULY 2002 AND 13 MAY 2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 JUL 2023

Charitable objects

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 PUBLIC 3.3 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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Liberty
26-30 Strutton Ground
London
SW1P 2HR
Phone:
02074033888
Email:
director@liberty-human-rights.org.uk
Website:

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