Registered charity · London
The British Institute of Human Rights
- 6 trustees
- Income £343k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.bihr.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Institute of Human Rights
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£343k£400k
- 2024£463k£524k
- 2023£429k£420k
Earlier years
- 2022£436k£400k
- 2021£284k£313k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 14%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS; THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND ITS PROTOCOLS AND OTHER EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES; INTER-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES; AND UK DOMESTIC LEGISLATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS) THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INTERNATIONALLY BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A) MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; B) MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS; C) COMMISSIONING OR CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; D) PRODUCING OR PUBLISHING RESEARCH AND OTHER MATERIALS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; E) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS; F) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE AND BRIEFINGS TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS; G) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; H) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS; I) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; J) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; K) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES; L) CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; M) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; N) PROMOTING THE ELIMINATION OF INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
Grants received
17 grants · £841,772 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £330,000 (3 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £125,000
- A B Charitable Trust · £125,000 (4 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £100,000 (3 grants)
- Comic Relief · £73,615 (2 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Imran Khan Chair since 2013
- Edith Prak since 2017
- Joseph Graham Powell since 2021
- Mark Anthony Hilton since 2018
- Stephen Edward Pittam since 2013
- The Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Imran Khan Chair since 2013
- Edith Prak since 2017
- Mark Anthony Hilton since 2018
- Stephen Edward Pittam since 2013
- The Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Imran Khan Chair since 2013
- Joseph Graham Powell since 2021
- Mark Anthony Hilton since 2018
- The Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson since 2013
Portfolio (2)
- Edith Prak since 2017
- Stephen Edward Pittam since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1101575
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/11/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/11/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 04978121 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 3039 3646 · info@bihr.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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