The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Media Legal Defence Initiative

Registered charity 1128789 Registered since 2009

Operates: Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Colombia, India, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Nigeria, Russia, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda

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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.

10
trustees on the board
3.8y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
6.9y
average years in governance
10 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
4
company-linked trustees

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

Business services 3Other services 3Education 2

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Contact

Websitewww.mediadefence.org
Emailinfo@mediadefence.org
Phone08008405509
AddressMedia Legal Defence Initiative, Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QH

Finances

£3,011,724 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,805,049£2,771,240
2021£2,092,657£1,991,876
2022£2,642,048£2,289,942
2023£2,866,885£2,949,701
2024£3,011,724£2,961,680

What it does

What

Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND LAWS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROTECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1 MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS2 OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE3 RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE4 RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES5 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS6 CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW7 COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION8 RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES9 PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS10 PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS11 ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS12 ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO EDUCATION IN JOURNALISM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE LAW

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/03/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/11/2012 as amended on 09 Aug 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Media Legal Defence Initiative · 06621203 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/06/2008

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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