Equality Now
Analysis
Equality Now is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04926476). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Equality Now reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.1m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.6m (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Equality Now sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cyfle Building Skills Limited (£2.6m), Torah Vodaas Limited (£2.6m) and Copthorne School Trust Limited (£2.6m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £24k. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 100%
- Investments 0.2%
- Other 0.1%
In the charity's own words
Equality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls around the world. Working with national women's rights organisations and individual activists, we document violence and discrimination against women and girls and add an international action overlay to support their efforts to advance equality rights and defend individual women who are suffering abuse.
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|---|---|---|
| Cyfle Building Skills Limited | Carmarthenshire | £2.6m |
| Torah Vodaas Limited | London | £2.6m |
| Copthorne School Trust Limited | Crawley | £2.6m |
| The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery | London | £2.6m |