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Registered charity · London

Protection Approaches

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £1.1m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.protectionapproaches.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Protection Approaches
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.1m£1.1m
  • 2023£925k£907k
  • 2022£961k£952k
Earlier years
  • 2021£254k£335k
  • 2020£411k£285k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 8% · Government grants 65%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE OBJECTS OF PROTECTION APPROACHES ARE TO PROMOTE AND DEFEND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLES AROUND THE WORLD (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) WHO ARE VIOLENTLY TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR IDENTITY BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:• MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;• RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;• EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS• PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;• CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;• COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;• RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;• PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;• PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;• INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; AND• ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE DIRECTORS SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE DIRECTORS ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE COMPANY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.

Grants received

14 grants · £2,333,736 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

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £999,112 (3 grants)
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government · £800,000 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £354,624 (3 grants)
  • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £180,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust £100,0002025-06-21
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £100,0002024-11-25
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £100,0002024-11-25
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £100,0002024-08-13
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government £100,0002024-08-13
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

3.5y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 6

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

Professional services 8Arts and leisure 3Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

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

11 from 7 in 2022
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.
73%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1171433
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/11/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/11/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 JAN 2017
Companies House
Company number 09304012 · Active
Contact on the register
02038599509 · info@protectionapproaches.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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