PROTECTION APPROACHES

Registered charity 1171433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROTECTION APPROACHES IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CHARITY WORKING TO TACKLE ALL FORMS OF IDENTITY-BASED VIOLENCE, FROM HATE CRIME TO VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND GENOCIDE. THROUGH RESEARCH, CAMPAIGNS, EDUCATION, AND GRASSROOTS ENGAGEMENT WE BUILD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO END SUCH VIOLENCE IN THE UK AND GLOBALLY.

Causes: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £27,230 for the year ended 30 November 2024, with total income of £1,100,113 and total expenditure of £1,072,883. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £157,795, which the trustees consider a prudent level equivalent to 3.1 months of running costs against their policy target of three months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £158k)
“Protection Approaches aims to retain 3 months running costs of the organisation. As at 30th November 2024, Protection Approaches held reserves of £157,795 equivalent to 3.1 months’ running costs.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Thompson Jenner LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2024)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£148
Reserves (reported)
£158k
Employees
11

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: Charitable activities (97% 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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2024£1.1m£1.1m
30/11/2023£925k£907k
30/11/2022£961k£952k
30/11/2021£254k£335k
30/11/2020£411k£285k

Common questions

Is PROTECTION APPROACHES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £27,230 for the year ended 30 November 2024, with total income of £1,100,113 and total expenditure of £1,072,883. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £157,795, which the trustees consider a prudent level equivalent to 3.1 months of running costs against their policy target of three months. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Thompson Jenner LLP.

Who funds PROTECTION APPROACHES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PROTECTION APPROACHES as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£80kCatalysing strategic coalitions for sustainable inclusive and intersectional UK policy on violence prevention and peace
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kPeace and Security

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority (GLA)01/09/2022£44kGrant to Protection Approaches
The National Lottery Community Fund14/01/2022£272kCommunities Together
The National Lottery Community Fund26/08/2020£73kConfronting COVID-related hate
The National Lottery Community Fund18/07/2019£9kOur Wandsworth
Greater London Authority01/10/2018£58kYoung Londoners Fund

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 Human Rights Protection Fund.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PROTECTION APPROACHES£1.1m——above—no doubt
Human Rights Protection Fund FY2026£441kOver £60,0001above9.0%no doubt
PROTECT (WHISTLEBLOWING ADVICE) LIMITED FY2025£1.1m——below—no doubt
PREVENT 2 PROTECT FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
PROTEGE DNA FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
CHANGING PATHWAYS FY2025£2.9m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt

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