VIDERE EST CREDERE

Registered charity 1130375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VIDERE

Videre gives grassroots activists the equipment, training and support needed to gather previously unseen, verified video evidence of human rights violations and the contexts surrounding them and then strategically distributes it to those who can create change - be they mainstream media, lawyers or decision makers.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £829,423 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,038,225. The trustees report that free reserves were £200,000, which is equivalent to 3.92 months of unrestricted operating expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Tim Hansen — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Jesse Roberts — Senior Director - Strategy (source)
• Catriona Murdoch — Director of Legal Accountability and Advocacy (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Swedish Postcode Lottery Foundation — ““Strengthening civil society's ability to act on human rights violations is crucial in order to hold perpetrators accountable for their acti…” (source page)
• Wellspring Philanthropic Fund — “Our recent donors include: Wellspring Philanthropic Fund” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% 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: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dylan Christian Mathewschair
• Allegra Rosa Elizabeth Curling
• JONATHAN PERSEY
• Katherine Phoebe Thomas-Canfield
• Kimberly Brody Hart
• Roudabeh Mirfendereski Kishi
• Salmaan Rasool Sher
• URI FRUCHTMANN
• Udo Jude Ilo

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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 THE VENIK TRUST.

• THE VENIK TRUST income £938k
• ASSOCIATION FOR VIDEO INTERACTION GUIDANCE UK income £158k
• THE VERIFICATION RESEARCH TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTRE ( VERTIC ) income £818k
• VENDQUOT LIMITED income £187k
• Veddis Foundation income £2.8m
• VISTA EDUCATION AND TRAINING LIMITED income £488k

Side by side with its peers

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