Human Rights Protection Fund

Analysis

Human Rights Protection Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Human Rights Protection Fund reported income of £441k and spending of £363k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £341k to £441k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Human Rights Protection Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eagle's Nest Project (£441k), Simon on the Streets (£441k) and Gateshead Foodbank (£439k).