# STOPWATCH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1161908
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 1, 2015
- **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=1161908


## Contact

- **Address:** StopWatch, 2 Langley Lane, Vauxhall, London
- **Postcode:** SW8 1GB
- **Phone:** 0208 226 5737
- **Email:** info@stop-watch.org
- **Website:** www.stop-watch.org



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1) TO PROMOTE THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE USE OF STOP AND SEARCH POWERS. 2) TO PROMOTE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN POLICING, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE USE OF STOP AND SEARCH POWERS TO ENSURE POLICING IS FAIR, EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE.

**Activities:** StopWatch is a coalition of legal experts, academics, citizens and civil liberties campaigners. We aim to address excess and disproportionate stop and search, promote best practice and ensure fair, effective policing for all.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £168419 | £308253 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £281346 | £291504 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £247529 | £283074 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £279137 | £224309 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £541827 | £106707 | £488301 | 3 |



## Trustees

- **NEENA SAMOTA** (Chair) — appointed June 1, 2015
- Dr MICHAEL SHINER — appointed June 1, 2015
- Dr REBEKAH DELSOL — appointed June 1, 2015
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER OSWALD — appointed June 1, 2015
- PROF BEN BOWLING — appointed June 1, 2015
- Paul Henry Mortimer — appointed April 1, 2018
- Prof Lee Thomas Bridges — appointed June 1, 2015