# THE CIVIL LIBERTIES TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1024948
- **Other names:** CIVIL LIBERTIES TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 20, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1024948


## Contact

- **Address:** Liberty House, 26-30 Strutton Ground, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1P 2HR
- **Phone:** 02074033888
- **Email:** director@liberty-human-rights.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/about-us/civil-liberties-trust/



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998, THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED KINGDOM LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS TO WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM IS PARTY) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(I) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;(II) MONITORING, INVESTIGATING AND DOCUMENTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;(III) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(IV) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES(V) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;(VI) PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, INCLUDING BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(VII) PROMOTING THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND ADVISING ON THE INSTITUTIONS, STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS BY WHICH HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IS ENFORCED;(VIII) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND POLICY;(IX) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(X) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHT(XI) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES;(XII) TRAINING THE JUDICIARY, LAWYERS, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, CAMPAIGNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE PUBLIC IN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;(XIII) PROVIDING FREE ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. 3.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE RIGHTS, LIBERTIES AND DUTIES OF ALL CITIZENS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS BY PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES OR OTHER SIMILAR FORMS OF COMMUNICATION OR BY CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH (AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH).3.4 IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Provision of support in relation to civil liberties and human rights

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £2730418 | £2662501 | £3419501 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1819239 | £1949815 | £3351584 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2385941 | £2192904 | £3482160 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2401307 | £1811888 | £3289123 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1378107 | £1740140 | £2699704 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **Christina Blacklaws** (Chair) — appointed June 29, 2022
- Aidan Joseph Geary — appointed Aug. 2, 2023
- Alastair James Livesey — appointed Dec. 19, 2023
- Baroness Jane Campbell — appointed July 1, 2020
- Emma Higham — appointed Dec. 7, 2023
- Hannah Jayne Cox — appointed Sept. 8, 2021
- Ian Paul McDougall — appointed Oct. 24, 2023
- Judit Emese Seymour — appointed July 16, 2025
- LETIITIA CORINNA ANDREWARTHA
- Nazmin Choudhury — appointed Oct. 24, 2023
- Nicholas Guy Turner — appointed Oct. 24, 2023
- Thomas Douglas Holland — appointed Dec. 18, 2023


