Global Dialogue

Analysis

Global Dialogue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under human rights and equality. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05775827). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Global Dialogue reported income of £4.7m and spending of £5.9m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £4.7m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Global Dialogue 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 Education Sub-Saharan Africa (£4.2m), Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (£5.0m) and Fund for Global Human Rights UK (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 10% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.6m. Reserves of £320k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.