The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Civil Liberties Trust

Registered charity 1024948 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Public administration 9Professional services 4Arts and leisure 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.4 in 2020

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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitehttps://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/about-us/civil-liberties-trust/
Emaildirector@libertyhumanrights.org.uk
Phone02074033888
AddressLiberty House, 26-30 Strutton Ground, LONDON, SW1P 2HR

Finances

£2,730,418 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,378,108£1,740,140
2021£2,401,307£1,811,888
2022£2,385,941£2,192,904
2023£1,819,239£1,949,815
2024£2,730,418£2,662,501

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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 PUBLIC3.3 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.

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
58median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Civil Liberties Trust · 02824893 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/06/1993

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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