Registered charity · London
Peace Direct
- 9 trustees
- Income £5.3m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Aleema ShivjiTrustee · since 2025
- Bridget MoixTrustee · since 2024
- David George LoynTrustee · since 2018
- Jennie RichmondTrustee · since 2025
- Jennifer Ashawa LarbieTrustee · since 2020
- Maryam MohsinTrustee · since 2023
- Mohammad HaiderTrustee · since 2025
- Peace Joy AshenafiTrustee · since 2023
- Sukanya PodderTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
- Where
- Hackney, Burundi, Nigeria, Pakistan and more
- Website
- peacedirect.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Peace Direct
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£5.3m£4.4m
- 2023£4.5m£4.1m
- 2022£4.3m£4.0m
Earlier years
- 2021£3.9m£3.4m
- 2020£4.1m£3.8m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.TO PROMOTE CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION AND TRUST WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES BY: A. INVESTIGATING AND IDENTIFYING PROBABLE CAUSES OF CONFLICT B. EXAMINING PROBABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE CONFLICT C. MEDIATING WITH PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT AND OTHERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ENABLING THEM TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST D. RECOMMENDING TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED MEASURES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE RESOLUTION OR PREVENTION OF THE CONFLICT OR THE REDUCTION OF ANY HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT MAY ENSUE FROM THE CONFLICTPROVIDED THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED AND SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE CHARITY'S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING IMPARTIAL, RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW, INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES OF NON-VIOLENCE. 2.TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITYB. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS C. PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS D. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY 3. TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS BY:A. OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSEB. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW C. PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS D. ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THIS CLAUSE 'DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS' SHALL MEAN THOSE RIGHTS WHICH ARE ENSHRINED OR INCORPORATED INTO THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO PROMOTE THOSE RIGHTS.
Grants received
10 grants · £4,866,459 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
- Postcode Justice Trust · £4,100,000 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £484,643 (2 grants)
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £251,816 (3 grants)
- Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund · £30,000
Most recent
- Postcode Justice Trust
- Postcode Justice Trust
- Postcode Justice Trust
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Aleema Shivji since 2025
- Bridget Moix since 2024
- David George Loyn since 2018
- Jennie Richmond since 2025
- Jennifer Ashawa Larbie since 2020
- Maryam Mohsin since 2023
- Mohammad Haider since 2025
- Peace Joy Ashenafi since 2023
- Sukanya Podder since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David George Loyn since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Aleema Shivji since 2025
- Bridget Moix since 2024
- David George Loyn since 2018
- Jennie Richmond since 2025
- Jennifer Ashawa Larbie since 2020
- Maryam Mohsin since 2023
- Mohammad Haider since 2025
- Peace Joy Ashenafi since 2023
- Sukanya Podder since 2025
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1123241
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/03/2009
- Companies House
- Company number 06458464 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02034225549 · info@peacedirect.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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