THE EQUAL RIGHTS TRUST

Registered charity 1113288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EQUAL RIGHTS

The Equal Rights Trust is an independent international organisation whose purpose is to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a basic principle of social justice.It focuses on the complex relationship between different types of discrimination, developing strategies for translating the principles of equality into practice.

Objects

TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF TREATMENT AND DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS COVENANTS CONVENTIONS AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY CODES BY ALL OR ANY OF TH FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RIGHTS GENERALLY;(B) ENCOURAGING GOOD PRACTICE IN RELATION TO EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(C) PROMOTING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND TREATMENT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON ANY GROUND;(D) PROMOTING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTIVE ENJOYMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LAW;(E) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION;(F) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR VICTIMS OF UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION;(G) CONDUCTING RESEARCH, PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND(H) GIVING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND VOLUNTARY MEASURES.IN THIS CLAUSE UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION SHALL INCLUDE UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £20,966, which was below its stated interim policy target of £50,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity experienced a deficit and significant financial pressures, leading to a decision to wind down activities in June 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Evelyn Collinschair
• Niall Crowley
• Novide Refahi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Maria de la Cruz Rachid
• Quinn Parker McKew
• Robert Geoffrey Bruere Allen

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

Operates in: Kenya · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE EQUALITY TRUST income £430k
• RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST income £367k
• STAND AGAINST RACISM & INEQUALITY income £994k
• THE CENTRE FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY income £37k
• INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £72k

Side by side with its peers

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