Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL UK SECTION 

PBIUK, one of many PBI country groups, provides crucial support to PBI field projects in Colombia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico and Nepal through:1. encouraging civil society to bear witness as human rights observers2. training volunteers3. raising funds4. raising profile of PBI and the groups we accompany5. building a support network
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
Established: 20 years
(24 years as a company)

www.peacebrigades.org.uk

admin@peacebrigades.org.uk

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£373£173£201n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/12/21£239£218£22n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/12/20£182£229£-46n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/12/19£223£198£26n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/18£226£246£-19£0£0£0n/a06
31/12/17£269£250£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£259£292£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£267£343£-76£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£343£305£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£402£339£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£269£253£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£275£278£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£278£293£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£330£351£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£311£263£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£286£276£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£246£243£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£172£173£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£167£167£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Peace Brigades International UK Section
£100,000 08/07/2023
Raising the voices of those on the front line of corporate abuse
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£10,000 09/01/2019
12
Peace Brigades provides protection, support and recognition to local human rights defenders who work in areas of repression and conflict. This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£15,000 25/10/2017
12
Peace Brigades provides protection, support and recognition to local human rights defenders who work in areas of repression and conflict. This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work
AB Charitable Trust - Building safety networks for ?invisible Mandelas?
£20,000 25/10/2016
£20,000 towards building international support networks
AB Charitable Trust - Protection of at-risk human rights defenders
£10,000 20/10/2015
£10,000 towards core costs
AB Charitable Trust - Protection of at-risk human rights defenders
£10,000 21/10/2014
£10,000 towards core costs
AB Charitable Trust - Protection of at-risk human rights defenders
£10,000 29/10/2013
£10,000 towards core costs in the UK
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/12/2003, number: 1101016
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/01/2000, number: 03912587
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

45 Swinburne Road
LONDON
SW15 5EQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY1) SECURING THE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND PROMOTING THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW THROUGH ACCOMPANYING AND OBSERVING PERSONS FROM ORGANISATIONS PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND PREVENTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE IN DANGER FROM THE WORK THEY DO PROVIDED THAT THIS WORK DOES NOT EXTEND TO PROMOTING A POLITICAL PURPOSE (INCLUDING A CHANGE IN THE LAW OR GOVERNMENT POLICY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; AND 2) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES PROVIDED THAT THIS WORK DOES NOT EXTEND TO PROMOTING A POLITICAL PURPOSE (INCLUDING A CHANGE IN THE LAW OR GOVERNMENT POLICY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES). FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS OBJECT 'HUMAN RIGHTS' MEANS THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE, SLAVERY AND FORCED LABOUR AND EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING (SUCH AS GENOCIDE) AND THOSE RIGHTS SECURED UNDER OR BY VIRTUE OF: A) LEGISLATION ADOPTED IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE RIGHTS ARE BEING PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY OR: B) INTERNATIONAL LAW (MORE PARTICULARLY THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS) HAVING EFFECT IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE RIGHTS ARE BEING PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY'

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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