Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Analysis

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in UK. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under human rights and equality. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04555494). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre reported income of £5.0m and spending of £5.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.2m to £5.0m (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Dialogue (£4.7m), Amnesty International Charity (£5.7m) and Education Sub-Saharan Africa (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, donations and legacies 8.1% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 2.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £569k. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.