The Death Penalty Project Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Death Penalty Project Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2006, 20 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 05546367). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Death Penalty Project Charitable Trust reported income of £244k and spending of £243k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £209k to £244k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, The Death Penalty Project Charitable Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 2bu Somerset (£243k), Justice for Journalists Foundation (£245k) and The Marketing Academy Foundation (£240k).