GLOBAL DIALOGUE

Registered charity 1122052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Global Dialogue is a UK based charity established for the promotion of human rights in the UK and other countries.

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

Latest income
£4.7m
Latest spending
£5.9m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £1,212,621, reducing total reserves from £5,560,495 to £4,266,129. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £319,651 remain within the stated policy target of three to eight months of core expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to eight months of core expenditure (held: £320k)
“Global Dialogue’s trustees have set a target level for unrestricted reserves of between 3 and 8 months of core expenditure.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Walter Veirs received £9,100 for consultancy services.
“The Group paid one trustee remuneration during the year as follows (2024/25: £2,100): Walter Veirs: £9,100 for consultancy services provided to the Funders' Initiative for Civil Society in relation to Civic Futures Security Frameworks.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Walter Veirs received £9,100 for consultancy services to FICS.
“The Group paid one trustee remuneration during the year as follows (2024/25: £2,100): Walter Veirs: £9,100 for consultancy services provided to the Funders' Initiative for Civil Society in relation to Civic Futures Security Frameworks.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Global Dialogue Ventures Limited
“The Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities includes the results of the charity and its wholly owned subsidiary Global Dialogue Ventures Limited, which conducts trading activities on behalf of the charity.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£4.7m
Total spending
£5.9m
Reserves (reported)
£320k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Austria · Belgium · Camden · City Of Westminster · Czech Republic · Fiji · France · Germany · Hackney · India · Islington · Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£4.7m£5.9m
30/04/2024£6.1m£5.2m
30/04/2023£4.8m£3.7m
30/04/2022£3.8m£2.1m
30/04/2021£2.5m£1.6m

Common questions

Is GLOBAL DIALOGUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £1,212,621, reducing total reserves from £5,560,495 to £4,266,129. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £319,651 remain within the stated policy target of three to eight months of core expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Who funds GLOBAL DIALOGUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOBAL DIALOGUE as a grant recipient include This Day Foundation, JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
This Day FoundationFY2024£1.1m
This Day FoundationFY2025£245k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATIONFY2023£242kEnabling a movement to end ‘no recourse to public funds’
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATIONFY2023£188kEnabling a movement to end ‘no recourse to public funds’
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£155k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£150kMigration
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2025£60kTo support MEX's core work 2025-2027
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£55k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£50kMigrants and Refugees

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust05/06/2026£30kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust23/04/2026£60kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust22/09/2025£100kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust17/06/2025£30kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust29/04/2025£55kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust17/03/2025£100kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust11/11/2024£3kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust10/10/2024£10kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust04/07/2024£30kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust23/04/2024£55kA grant to Global Dialogue
Unbound Philanthropy13/11/2023£150kGrant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust17/10/2023£100kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust25/04/2023£55kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust26/04/2022£50kA grant to Global Dialogue
Unbound Philanthropy02/02/2022£90kGrant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust13/10/2020£20kA grant to Global Dialogue
Unbound Philanthropy23/07/2019£95kGrant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust02/07/2019£20kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust30/04/2019£20kA grant to IMiX
A B Charitable Trust24/01/2017£20kA grant to Global Dialogue
A B Charitable Trust20/10/2015£20kImproving public support for human rights

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION2£27k
THE EARLEY CHARITY1£17k
SKELTON BOUNTY1£1k
THE SAM PEGRAM HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION1£750

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DIALOGUE SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOBAL DIALOGUE£4.7m——within—no doubt
DIALOGUE SOCIETY FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt
Dialogue Earth FY2024£2.4m——below—no doubt
Global Leadership Network UK FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FY2024£6.1m——above—no doubt
FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS UK FY2025£4.0m£230,000 - £239,999—above—no doubt

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