THE CIVIL LIBERTIES TRUST

Registered charity 1024948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CIVIL LIBERTIES TRUST

Provision of support in relation to civil liberties and human rights

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £437,486 at the end of 2025, which slightly exceeded the trustees' stated target range of £135,000 to £425,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of -£53,893 for the year, driven by the expenditure of restricted funds, while total income decreased by 10% compared to the previous year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2024)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Civil Liberties Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair James Liveseychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Aidan Joseph Geary
• Baroness Jane Campbell
• Emma Higham
• Ian Paul McDougall
• Judit Emese Seymour
• LETIITIA CORINNA ANDREWARTHA
• Nazmin Choudhury
• Nicholas Guy Turner
• Thomas Douglas Holland

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ABN TRUST.

• ABN TRUST income £175k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• RICHMOND TRUST FUND income £220k
• THE BLAIR TRUST FUND income £187k
• BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.3m
• MEDIA LEGAL DEFENCE INITIATIVE income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.