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Survival International Charitable Trust

Survival International Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 267444) based in London, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Professor James Lionel Norman Wood since 1996. Latest income £2.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Survival (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £2.1m (2025)

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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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
Where
Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic and more
Website
www.survivalinternational.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Survival International Charitable Trust
Registered
1974

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.1m£1.8m
  • 2024£1.7m£1.7m
  • 2023£1.6m£1.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.4m£2.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3. THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS:(1) TO PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BY ENDEAVOURING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, NATIONALITY OR ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGINS.(2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY MALNUTRITION AND ILL HEALTH AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.(3) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS INCLUDING ILO CONVENTIONS 107 AND 169) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;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 OF HUMAN RIGHTS;PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.(4) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY, INSTITUTIONS AND WAYS OF LIFE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND TO PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.(5) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT PERTAINING TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.3A THE EXPRESSION INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SHALL MEAN:(1) TRIBAL PEOPLES WHOSE SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND WHOSE STATUS IS REGULATED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY BY THEIR OWN CUSTOMS OR TRADITIONS OR BY SPECIAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS;(2) PEOPLES WHO ARE REGARDED AS INDIGENOUS ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR DESCENT FROM THE POPULATIONS WHICH INHABITED THE COUNTRY, OR A GEOGRAPHICAL REGION TO WHICH THE COUNTRY BELONGS, AT THE TIME OF THE CONQUEST OR COLONISATION OR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PRESENT STATE BOUNDARIES AND WHO, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS, RETAIN SOME OR ALL OF THEIR OWN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.

Grants received

4 grants · £40,000 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

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.

12 trustees on the board

15.2y median 14y
average tenure
30y
longest tenure
18.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Environment/conservation/heritage 10Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1

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

Other services 14Retail and trade 3Tech and media 2

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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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.1m 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.

19.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.0 in 2021

18 from 22 in 2021
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
267444
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/05/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/05/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10/05/2011
Companies House
Company number 01056317 · Active
Contact on the register
02076878700 · info@survivalinternational.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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