# BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1096664
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 24, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1096664


## Contact

- **Address:** The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London, UK
- **Postcode:** SE11 5RR
- **Phone:** 02071830283
- **Email:** finance@business-humanrights.org
- **Website:** www.business-humanrights.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE COMPANY'S OBJECT IS THE PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (3.1.) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY DEVELOPING AN INDEPENDENT, INTERNATIONAL, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ONLINE LIBRARY AND RESOURCE CENTRE FOR THOSE SEEKING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES RELATING TO BUSINESS; AND/OR (3.2.) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BY USING THE INTERNET TO DISSEMINATE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS PROVIDED THAT THIS DOES NOT EXTEND TO PROMOTING DIRECTLY CHANGES IN LAW OR GOVERNMENT POLICY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MEMORANDUM "BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN THE INVOLVEMENT IN TRADE, MANUFACTURING, FINANCE, INVESTMENT AND OTHER COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES BY COMMERCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND "INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS" SHALL MEAN RIGHTS ARISING UNDER OR BY VIRTUE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 (A UK ACT OF PARLIAMENT) AND OTHER RIGHTS RECURRED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW.

**Activities:** The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has become the worlds leading independent resource on the subject.  Our website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies human rights impacts worldwide, both positive and negative.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Argentina
- Australia
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Colombia
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kenya
- Mexico
- Philippines
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Ukraine
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4962167 | £5106928 | £1518048 | 38 |
| March 31, 2024 | £5075308 | £4672900 | £2026757 | 37 |
| March 31, 2023 | £4314893 | £3964490 | £1485224 | 38 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2197416 | £3469223 | £1100959 | 39 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4179801 | £3344380 | £2876940 | 48 |



## Trustees

- **Chris Jochnick** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 2, 2014
- Alejandra Costanza — appointed June 16, 2023
- Claire Nylander — appointed May 16, 2025
- Claudia Saller — appointed June 16, 2023
- Heather Maureen Grady — appointed Sept. 21, 2016
- Heidi Anneli Hautata — appointed Dec. 6, 2024
- Kirsty Fiona Jenkinson — appointed Sept. 21, 2016
- Michael Joseph Hirschhorn — appointed Sept. 21, 2016
- Mutuso Dhilwayo — appointed July 25, 2019
- Namit Agarwal — appointed June 16, 2023
- Seema Joshi — appointed June 8, 2017
- Shawna Bader-Blau — appointed March 1, 2018