STOPWATCH

Charity number: 1161908
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

StopWatch is a coalition of legal experts, academics, citizens and civil liberties campaigners. We aim to address excess and disproportionate stop and search, promote best practice and ensure fair, effective policing for all.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £281,346
Total expenditure: £291,504

People

7 Trustee(s)

5 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 June 2015: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not 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 policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
NEENA SAMOTA Chair 01 June 2015
VOICE4CHANGE ENGLAND LIMITED
Received: On time
Paul Henry Mortimer Trustee 01 April 2018
EQUALITEACH
Recently registered
Prof Lee Thomas Bridges Trustee 01 June 2015
None on record
Dr MICHAEL SHINER Trustee 01 June 2015
None on record
MICHAEL ALEXANDER OSWALD Trustee 01 June 2015
None on record
PROF BEN BOWLING Trustee 01 June 2015
None on record
Dr REBEKAH DELSOL Trustee 01 June 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £101.19k £541.83k £279.14k £247.53k £281.35k
Total expenditure £62.58k £106.71k £224.31k £283.07k £291.50k
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 N/A £324.38k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £217.45k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £106.71k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 N/A 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 2024 28 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 28 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 22 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 22 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 10 February 2022 10 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 10 February 2022 10 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 08 February 2021 8 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 08 February 2021 8 days late 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.

CIO - Foundation Registered 01 Jun 2015

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1) TO PROMOTE THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE USE OF STOP AND SEARCH POWERS. 2) TO PROMOTE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN POLICING, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE USE OF STOP AND SEARCH POWERS TO ENSURE POLICING IS FAIR, EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE.

Contact information

Address:
StopWatch
2 Langley Lane
Vauxhall
London
SW8 1GB
Phone:
0208 226 5737
Email:
info@stop-watch.org
Website:

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