GIRLS NOT BRIDES: THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO END CHILD MARRIAGE

Registered charity 1154230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIRLS NOT BRIDES, GNB

Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of over 1000 civil society organisations from over 95 countries committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfil their potential. Girls Not Brides members bring child marriage to global attention, build an understanding of what it will take to end child marriage and call for policies and programmes that make a difference in the lives of girls

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE ALL OBJECTS WHICH ARE REGARDED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:I) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;II) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;III) RESEARCH INTO AND INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;IV) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;V) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; ANDVI) ELIMINATING OR PREVENTING INFRINGEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.(B) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH; (D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH; AND(E) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH AND/OR ILL HEALTH.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total operating income increased by 10% to £5,876,777, while total expenditure rose to £5,530,098, resulting in a net income for the year of £346,679. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,900,770, which the charity considers within its stated policy target of three to six months' core operating expenditure (£1.6m to £3.2m). The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis 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 Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Alaa Murabitchair
• Emma Puig de la Bellacasa Mejia
• Michael Joseph Feigelson
• Ramin Shahzamani
• Sandra Breka · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sinead Donovan
• Zipporah Jean Alaroker

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

Operates in: City Of London · India · Kenya · Mexico · Senegal

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GIRLS ARE INVESTORS.

• GIRLS ARE INVESTORS income £1.5m
• FAITH AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS COALITION income £314k
• GEMILUTH CHESED AND BRIDES SOCIETY income £100k
• THE GIRLS' BRIGADE ENGLAND AND WALES income £606k
• GLOBAL GIRL PROJECT income £155k
• GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY IN ENGLAND AND WALES income £443k

Side by side with its peers

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