Minority Rights Group

Analysis

Minority Rights Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. It was registered in May 1981, 45 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01544957). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Minority Rights Group reported income of £5.5m and spending of £6.4m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £5.5m (+6.4%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Minority Rights Group 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 Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (£5.4m), The Union of the Sisters of Mercy of Great Britain (£5.5m) and St John's Foundation Est. 1174 (£5.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63% and donations and legacies 37%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £326k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 69 people.

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.