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Global Witness Trust

The objects for which the company is established are to operate for charitable purposes (in accordance with the laws of England and Wales), in such a way as to promote for the public benefit the following, including but not limited to: the rule of...

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £2.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.globalwitness.org/en/about-us/global-witness-trust (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Global Witness Trust
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.5m£2.5m
  • 2024£2.3m£2.3m
  • 2023£1.9m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.8m£1.8m
  • 2021£1.2m£1.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The objects for which the company is established are to operate for charitable purposes (in accordance with the laws of England and Wales), in such a way as to promote for the public benefit the following, including but not limited to: the rule of law; human rights; the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment; an ethical and corruption-free society; and to do so by investigating and publicising using journalistic and other means, the abuse of these fundamental public benefits and advancing the education of the public in these areas.

Grants received

11 grants · £10,898,449 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • Postcode Justice Trust £1,200,0002025-02-10
  • Postcode Justice Trust £1,100,0002023-12-01
  • ARCADIA £3,795,0002023-09-01
  • Postcode Justice Trust £900,0002023-03-31
  • Postcode Justice Trust £250,0002023-03-31
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.

3 trustees on the board

4y median 4y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 3General Charitable Purposes 3Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 3

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

Tech and media 2Health and social care 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£2.3m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

0
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1117844
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 JULY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 12 DECEMBER 2006 as amended on 10 Aug 2020
Companies House
Company number 05883832 · Active
Contact on the register
+44 (0)20 79470309 · GWTmail@globalwitness.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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