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.

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

Latest income
£322k
Latest spending
£246k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£322k£246k
31/05/2024£235k£228k
31/05/2023£144k£162k
31/05/2022£97k£96k
31/05/2021£54k£42k

Common questions

Is THE PROTIMOS EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PROTIMOS EDUCATIONAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PROTIMOS EDUCATIONAL TRUST as a grant recipient include INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE TRUSTFY2024£100kAdvancing legal education
INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE TRUSTFY2025£40kAdvancing legal education

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PROTIMOS EDUCATIONAL TRUST£322k—0unclear—no doubt
FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME FY2025£9.6m——unclear—noted
INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS PROJECT FY2025£508k£80,001 - £90,0001above—no doubt
THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2024£126k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PRIMROSE TRUST FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.1m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt

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