The Rights Practice

Analysis

The Rights Practice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2010, 16 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 04365047). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rights Practice reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.0m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.2m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 320%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, The Rights Practice sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Videre Est Credere (£2.2m), Centre for Sport and Human Rights Limited (£2.2m) and Gendered Intelligence (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £256k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.