Human Rights Protection Fund

Charity number: 213766
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The charity provides practical and financial support to transform the lives of prisoners of conscience - people who have exercised a, non-violent, act of conscience to uphold their or others' human rights and consequently suffered persecution.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £394,936
Total expenditure: £404,054

People

1 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 1

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:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Burma
  • Cameroon
  • Czech Republic
  • Egypt
  • France
  • Georgia
  • India
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Kenya
  • Lebanon
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Pakistan
  • Romania
  • Singapore
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 November 1962: Standard registration
  • 12 February 2025: Funds received from 238259 CRITCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • HRPF (Working name)
  • Prisoners of Conscience (Working name)
  • P O C (Previous name)
  • THE PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE APPEAL FUND (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

1 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE APPEAL FUND (TRUSTEE) LIMITED Trustee 13 March 2012
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £275.82k £340.56k £565.14k £370.26k £394.94k
Total expenditure £289.25k £317.43k £376.81k £369.78k £404.05k
Income from government contracts N/A £7.57k N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £5.00k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A N/A £564.71k N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A N/A £433 N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A N/A £97.61k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A £299.41k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A £77.40k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A £41.03k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A £10.02k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A

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 March 2025 25 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 25 July 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 04 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 04 September 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 13 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 13 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 02 August 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 02 August 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 03 August 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 03 August 2021 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.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11/10/1962 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 10/12/1982 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 15/12/2011 as amended on 04 Mar 2024 as amended on 30 May 2025

Charitable objects

2. The objects of the Fund are to: 2.1 Prevent and relieve the poverty of any person throughout the world (and any spouse, child or dependant of any such persons) who has performed an act of conscience to uphold human rights (as contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations conventions and declarations and related regional instruments) for which they have been, or are likely to be imprisoned, persecuted or subjected to suffering, or have fled from their country to avoid such imprisonment, persecution or suffering, provided they have not used or advocated violence (a “prisoner of conscience”). 2.2 Promote the human rights of prisoners of conscience through the following means – 2.1 Relieve the needs of and eliminate infringements of human rights of prisoners of conscience by providing grants or other assistance. 2.2 Engage with the public, government and law makers to support prisoners of conscience and their ability to continue to raise human rights issues; provide technical advice on human rights matters; and contribute to the sound administration of human rights law by providing practical support to meet the safety, security, migration, integration, employment and mental health of prisoners of conscience.

Area of benefit

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

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Contact information

Address:
Regus
Tallis House
2 Tallis Street
LONDON
EC4Y 0AB
Phone:
02074076644
Email:
info@hrpf.org.uk
Website:

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