INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & BUSINESS LIMITED
Registered charity 1131790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & BUSINESS
IHRB provide a trusted, impartial space for dialogue and independent analysis to deepen understanding of human rights challenges and issues and the appropriate role of business. We seek to address problems where the law may be unclear, where accountability and responsibility may not be well-defined, and where legitimate dispute settlement mechanisms may be non-existent or poorly-administered.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,974 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing from £1,131,439 to £1,102,465. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £111,536 were below the stated policy target of three to four months of core operating expenditure, a position attributed to covering programme funding gaps and documentation delays. The trustees remain confident in the funding pipeline and intend to rebuild reserves during 2025.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of core operating expenditure (minimum), with an aspiration to build towards four months (held: £112k)
“The target range is three months of core operating expenditure (minimum), with an aspiration to build towards four months as conditions allow.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from charity to subsidiary IHRB Trading Limited
“As at 31 December 2024 the subsidiary owed the charity £56,255 (2023 - £33,724). An impairment loss has been provided on the loan of nil (2023 - £4,802). The loan by the charity has no fixed repayment term and is interest free. Staff costs of £2,029 (2023: £2,940) were recharged by parent charitable company to its subsidiary during the year.” — page 38
“The balance due to the subsidiary at the balance sheet date was £1 (2023 - £4,368). This loan has no fixed repayment term and is interest free. Expenses of £19,670 (2023 - £104,743) were recharged by the subsidiary to the charity during the year.” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from subsidiary to charity and expense recharge
“As at 31 December 2024 the subsidiary owed the charity £56,255 (2023 - £33,724). An impairment loss has been provided on the loan of nil (2023 - £4,802). The loan by the charity has no fixed repayment term and is interest free. Staff costs of £2,029 (2023: £2,940) were recharged by parent charitable company to its subsidiary during the year.” — page 38
“The balance due to the subsidiary at the balance sheet date was £1 (2023 - £4,368). This loan has no fixed repayment term and is interest free. Expenses of £19,670 (2023 - £104,743) were recharged by the subsidiary to the charity during the year.” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: IHRB Trading Limited, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business Limited
“The charity has two wholly-owned trading subsidiary, IHRB Trading Limited, which carries out non-primary-purpose trading in support of the charity and Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business Ltd (MCRB, which has ceased activity.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
IHRB TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
MYANMAR CENTRE FOR RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mary Robinson — Chair (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.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- D'AMBROSIO, Daniel Lawrence — director, appointed 12/05/2021on trustee list
- KHAN, Dawood Ahmad Mahmud — director, appointed 12/05/2021not on trustee list
- KUNANAYAGAM, Ramanie — director, appointed 06/02/2020on trustee list
- BLACK, Nicola Mary, Dr — director, appointed 06/02/2020on trustee list
- RUDOLFSSON GOYER, Pia Elisabet Victoria — director, appointed 06/02/2020not on trustee list
- KEMP, Deanna Louise — director, appointed 13/04/2016on trustee list
- SILVERLINE SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary, appointed 21/04/2009
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£21k
Reported reserves equal ~0.4 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 (83% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Bonny I-Hua Ling
- Daniel D'Ambrosio
- Daud Khan
- Pia Elisabet Victoria Rudolfsson Goyer
- Ramanie Kunanayagam
- Vasuki Narayan Shastry
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Burma · Switzerland · Throughout London · United States
Income and spending
Common questions
Is INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & BUSINESS LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £28,974 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing from £1,131,439 to £1,102,465. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £111,536 were below the stated policy target of three to four months of core operating expenditure, a position attributed to covering programme funding gaps and documentation delays. The trustees remain confident in the funding pipeline and intend to rebuild reserves during 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd.
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