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Minority Rights Group

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £5.9m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Dominican Republic, Egypt and more
Website
www.minorityrights.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Minority Rights Group
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£5.9m£6.6m
  • 2023£6.2m£6.7m
  • 2022£6.1m£5.4m
Earlier years
  • 2021£5.1m£4.1m
  • 2020£4.6m£4.3m
Charitable objects

3.1 TO PROVIDE AN ORGANISATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF STUDIES IN PUBLIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS AND FOR THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN SUCH SCIENCES AND SUBJECTS.3.2 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY.TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:• MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS.• RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.• RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.• 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 OF HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.• INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS.• ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.”3.3 TO PROMOTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 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• INVESTIGATING AND IDENTIFYING PROBABLE CAUSES OF CONFLICT.• EXAMINING PROBABLY SOLUTIONS FOR CONFLICT THROUGH PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH INTO RELEVANT AND SOCIAL ISSUES.• PUBLISHING REPORTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE CAUSES AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS OF PARTICULAR CONFLICTS.• PROVIDED THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED AND SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE ASSOCIATION’S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING IMPARTIAL.”IN ALL CASES PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS OF MINORITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE, AND ALWAYS FOR THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC BENEFIT.”3.1 TO PROVIDE AN ORGANISATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF STUDIES IN PUBLIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS AND FOR THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN SUCH SCIENCES AND SUBJECTS.3.2 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY.TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:• MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS.• RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.• RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.• 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 OF HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.• INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS.• ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.”3.3 TO PROMOTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 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• INVESTIGATING AND IDENTIFYING PROBABLE CAUSES OF CONFLICT.• EXAMINING PROBABLY SOLUTIONS FOR CONFLICT THROUGH PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH INTO RELEVANT AND SOCIAL ISSUES.• PUBLISHING REPORTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE CAUSES AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS OF PARTICULAR CONFLICTS.• PROVIDED THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED AND SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE ASSOCIATION’S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING IMPARTIAL.”IN ALL CASES PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS OF MINORITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE, AND ALWAYS FOR THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC BENEFIT.”

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4.1y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

8
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 10Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10

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 8Other services 3Arts and leisure 1

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£5.9m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

68 from 46 in 2020
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
282305
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/06/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/11/2011
Companies House
Company number 01544957 · Active
Contact on the register
02074224203 · minority.rights@minorityrights.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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