THE PROTIMOS EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1086388 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROTIMOS

Protimos provides access to justice, by provision of lawyers and legal empowerment programmes, to indigenous and marginalised communities, to protect them from the unjust exploitation of their natural and cultural heritage.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION): (1) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LEGAL SKILLS AND INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; AND (2) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. IN THIS CLAUSE 3 THE PHRASE 'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT' MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £322,170 while total expenditure rose to £245,785, resulting in a net surplus for the year. However, the general unrestricted fund remains in a negative balance of £7,345, and the trustees acknowledge that the charity's reserves policy target of approximately £45,000 has not been achieved. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern based on anticipated cash flows sufficient to meet debts as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Protimos (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Comic Relief — “Supporters Comic Relief” (source page)
• Community Resource Exchange — “Community Resource Exchange” (source page)
• Rule of Law Expertise (ROLE) UK — “Rule of Law Expertise (ROLE) UK” (source page)
• Sigrid Rausing Trust — “Sigrid Rausing Trust” (source page)
• The Souter Charitable Trust — “The Souter Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) — “The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)” (source page)
• Open Society Foundation (OSF) — “Open Society Foundation (OSF)” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anastasia Kantzelis
• Nanette Onu
• Todani Moyo

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

Operates in: Egypt · Kenya · Lesotho · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Nigeria · Sierra Leone · South Africa · Tanzania · The Gambia · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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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 PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

• PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £558k
• THE THAMES CHARITABLE TRUST income £39k
• PRO BONO COMMUNITY income £188k
• PROCLAIM TRUST income £130k
• INTERMEDIARIES FOR JUSTICE income £27k
• THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION income £16.7m

Side by side with its peers

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