Stopwatch

Analysis

Stopwatch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stopwatch reported income of £168k and spending of £308k, spending 183% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £542k to £168k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Stopwatch sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Star (Student Action for Refugees) (£167k), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights UK Limited (£169k) and The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares (£161k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.