OpenCharities

This text was generated using OCR and may contain errors. Check the original PDF to see the document submitted to the regulator.

2024-12-31-accounts

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

for

Rights for Peace (A company limited by guarantee)

Company registration number 11721585 Charity number 1192434

Rights for Peace

Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

Page
Charity and Company Information 1
Report of the Trustees 2 - 6
Chartered Accountant's report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Notes to the financial statements 10-13

Rights for Peace

Charity Information for the year ended 31 December 2024

Directors and Trustees Katerina Armour-Brown Mariana Goetz Robert Mills Julia Werdigier Francesca Pizzutelli Parker appointed 16 April 2024 Secretary Charity Number 1192434 Company Number 11721585 Registered Office Interim Spaces 41 Whitcomb Street London WC2H 7DT Accountants Arian Accountants Limited 19 Sundew Close Cardiff CF5 2SE

Page 1

Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024

The trustees are pleased to present their annual directors' report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ending 31 December 2024, which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors' report and accounts for Companies Act purposes. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2013).

Objectives and activities

Objectives

Rights for Peace is a human rights organisation working to strengthen the rights and resilience of communities to prevent mass atrocity crimes in fragile states, in collaboration with local partners. Rights for Peace focuses on countering identity-based violence, including gender and ethnic violence. Our goals are achieved through training, front-line actions with partners, and advocacy.

Rights for Peace is a founding member of the UK Atrocity Prevention Working Group (whose members adopt a ‘ mass atrocity prevention lens ’ in their work) and a member of GAAMAC (Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes) as well as the UK Working Group on Sudan, the Justice Advisory Group on South Sudan and the Victims’ Rights Working Group focused on the International Criminal Court.

Rights for Peace is deeply committed to bottom-up approaches, collaborating with and investing in the capacity and agency of victims and affected communities pursuing long-term change.

Mission

To strengthen the rights and resilience of local communities to prevent mass atrocities.

Programme Areas

Violent extremism based on identity is on a global increase as nationalist and other ‘group identity’ sentiments provide a rallying point for those disaffected by globalisation, worsening social or economic conditions or who feel aggrieved.

Strong democratic institutions can help protect human rights in the face of increased hate. However, in fragile states, identity-based divisions can easily translate into violent conflicts that involve mass atrocities. Institutions may not be robust enough to protect minorities or marginalised groups, and local populations have little resilience to divisive propaganda or economic or political pressures that incentivise violence. Today 1 in 5 people lives in a conflict state. The number of displaced people worldwide is at a record high, which in turn drives poverty and migration.

Disproportionately few resources go into trying to prevent identity-based violence and strengthen social cohesion. Human rights violations are both the cause and manifestation of identity divisions. At the same time human rights and protection mechanisms embody unifying language and values, as well as practical frameworks and tools for intervention. Rights for Peace was set up to take on a human rights approach to preventing identity-based violence that can lead to mass atrocities.

Page 2

Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

In collaboration with a range of partners in Sudan and South Sudan we have been working with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) to address challenge harmful cultural norms and to put justice and reparation higher up on policy agendas, supporting transitional justice processes that could provide building blocks for truth, reconciliation and sustainable peace.

In South Sudan, conflict-related sexual violence was not known or talked about amongst civil society activists or policy makers when we first started our Study on Opportunities for Reparation for Survivors of CRSV in South Sudan . Both are now mentioned frequently by policymakers and regarded as critical within transitional justice debates and agendas. The Survivors Network South Sudan (SUNS), that we brought together as an informal group for the first time in 2022 registered as a national-level non-governmental organization in 2023 and has continued to grow in 2024. Our joint engagement with parliamentarians and ministers influenced the adoption of two landmark laws on transitional justice.

Activities

1. Sudan

Lobbying and Advocacy for the Renewal of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan at the UN Human Rights Commission South Sudan in Geneva

Our Legal Adviser Najlaa Ahmed attended the 56th and 57[th] Sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where she briefed UN delegates about the Sudan crisis at the “One Year On” side event led by Human Rights Watch, REDRESS and other partners on 20 June 2024. Najlaa Ahmed highlighted the continued escalation of sexual violence since the conflict in Sudan erupted on 15 April 2023. The Human Rights Council was renewed for a further year, in part attributable to civil society lobbying of voting States.

Documenting Identity-based Violence

Other training materials and tools were also created in 2024, including shareable social media info-cards at the end of the Abd Al-Rahmen (Ali Kusheyb) Trial at the International Criminal Court, as well as a mapping of the violations and charges in the case and the publication of a training package on trauma-informed and survivorcentred approaches to working with survivors of CRSV for human rights practitioners.

Page 3

Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

2. South Sudan

In 2024, we continued our advocacy and technical support concerning the rights of survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in relation to the transitional justice process in South Sudan and saw our inputs on two draft Bills finally be adopted into law on 11 November 2024. In particular, we had lobbied for the recognition of victims as active participants and decision makers in the transitional justice process, resulting in a specific position for a victims’ representative to be on the Selection Panel for the Commissioners of the future Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing.

We also reformulated our advocacy work as part of a new Consortium of partners, funded by the Global Survivors’ Fund, including the Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) and Active Youth Agency (AYA) and SUNS, the Survivors Network South Sudan, which we helped establish.

Advocacy and Technical Assistance

Rights for Peace supported the continued capacity strengthening of policy officials and parliamentarians on issues surrounding conflict-related sexual violence and the right to justice and reparation through an effective transitional justice process.

Financial review

Members of the management committee meet regularly to review the financial position of the charity. As a result of this information, they have confidence in realistically reviewing and adjusting budgets. During the year funding continued to sustain the charities’ work with the support of the Global Survivor’s Fund, the Matrix Causes Fund, Doughty Street Chambers and Redress.

It is the long-term goal of the charity that unrestricted reserves held by the charity should be at least three months of operating costs. At this level, the trustees consider that they would be able to accommodate any fundamental funding changes as core costs are minimal.

As at the balance sheet date the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,870. This shows a marked improvement over the 2023 deficit of £2,017 which had been necessary as the Trustees decided to use the unrestricted reserves and access some short term funding from a director to ensure that operations were able to continue despite adverse impacts of the conflict in Sudan on funding. Income in 2024 was lower than previous years due to a difficult fundraising environment, however, due to financial controls, we were able to operate a surplus. The charity has also put in place a Growth Strategy (2024-8) and is rebuilding unrestricted reserves.

Page 4

Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

Structure, governance and management

The charity is constituted as both a company limited by guarantee and as a registered charity. The directors of the company serve also as the trustees of the charity. Reference and administrative details are shown in the company information page. The directors have the power to appoint additional trustees.

The charity also relies on a number of volunteers and supporters.

Those who were involved in 2024 are:

Rights for Peace Team including volunteers in 2024

Najlaa Ahmed Sudan Legal Adviser Lindsay Sohn Project Assistant Emily Green Communications Assistant Mariana Goetz Director Victoria Taban Modong Advocacy Coordinator, South Sudan Veronica Igale Legal Advocacy Officer, South Sudan Yiannis Nalbantis Finance and Development Assistant

Our Supporters

Centre for Information Resilience, Doughty Street Chambers, Global Survivor ’ s Fund, Google Non-profits, Hogan Lovells LLP, Interim Spaces, Matrix Causes Fund, Microsoft Non-Profits, REDRSS Trust, Swiss Development and Cooperation South Sudan, UK FCDO (UK Embassy South Sudan).

Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The charity trustees (who are also the directors of Rights for Peace for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing a trustees' annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and the group and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Page 5

Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

In so far as the trustees are aware:

Approval by order of the board of trustees.

M Goetz Director

Page 6

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Rights For Peace ("the Company")

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Rights For Peace for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also it's directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ("the 2006 Act").

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ("the 2011 Act"). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Andrea L Davies ACA Chartered Accountant

Arian Accountants Limited 19 Sundew Close Cardiff CF5 2SE

09/09/25

Page 7

Rights for Peace

Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2024

Note
Income
Donations and legacies
3
Income from charitable activities:
Rights for Peace operations
4
Investment income
Total income
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities:
Rights for Peace operations
5
Total expenditure
Net (deficit)/ income and net movement in funds for the year
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Transfers between funds
Total funds carried forward
Restricted
Funds
£
-
45,511
-
Unrestricted
Funds
£
10,689
7,833
-
18,522
14,681
14,681
3,841
(2,017)
46
1,870
2024
Total
£
10,689
53,344
-
64,033
50,416
50,416
13,617
983
-
14,600
2023
Total
£
5,641
109,519
-
45,511 115,160
35,735 123,112
35,735 123,112
9,776
3,000
(46)
(7,952)
8,935
-
12,730 983

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses in the year and therefore a statement of total recognised gains and losses has not been prepared.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 10 to 13 form part of these financial statements

Page 8

Rights for Peace

Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2024

Note
Current assets
Debtors & Prepayments
8
Cash at Bank and in hand
Current Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
9
Net current assets
Net assets
The funds of the charity:
Unrestricted income funds
10
Restricted income funds
11
Total charity funds
£
£
2,689
18,886
21,575
(6,975)
14,600
14,600
£
1,870
12,730
14,600
2024
£
£
17,184
8,044
25,228
(24,245)
983
983
£
(2,017)
3,000
983
2023
£
£
17,184
8,044
25,228
(24,245)
983
983
£
(2,017)
3,000
983
2023
983
£
(2,017)
3,000
983

The directors consider that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an audit under the provisions of s.477 of the Companies Act 2006. Members have not required the company, under s.476 of the Companies Act 2006, to obtain an audit for the year ended 31 December 2024.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(a) ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 &387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the company as at 31 December 2024 and of its surplus or deficit for the year then ended in accordance with the requirements of ss.394 & 395, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act, relating to the financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

These financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to small companies were approved by the Trustees on and signed on it's behalf. 05/09/25

……………………..

M Goetz Director

The notes on pages 10 to 13 form part of these financial statements

Page 9

Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Rights for Peace meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

Income

(i) donations and similar income

Donations and similar income is recognised when received.

(ii) revenue grants

Revenue grants are recognised in the period in which the expenditure to which they relate is incurred.

(iii) capital grants

Capital grants are recognised as the corresponding expense is incurred.

(iv) other income

All other income is recognised in the period to which it relates.

Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates:

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Trustees for particular purposes.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor.

Page 10

Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2024

2 Legal status

Rights for Peace is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. Rights for Peace was registered as a charity by the Charity Commission in 2020 (Registration no. 1192434).

3 Donations and legacies

Donations
Income from charitable activities
Sales income
Fundraising events
Consultancy fee income
Support from sponsors:
DT-Global International Development
Global Survivors Fund
The Redress Trust
Oak Foundation
Doughty Street Chambers
Gisa Group
Matrix Causes Fund
Restricted
£
-
-
Restricted
£
-
-
-
-
34,497
6,014
-
2,000
-
3,000
45,511
Unrestricted
£
10,689
2024
£
10,689
2023
£
5,641
10,689 10,689 5,641
Unrestricted
£
1,087
-
2024
£
1,087
-
2023
£
320
-
1,087
-
110
-
6,320
-
316
-
1,087
-
34,607
6,014
6,320
2,000
316
3,000
320
21,905
84,294
-
-
-
-
3,000
7,833 53,344 109,519

4 Income from charitable activities

5 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

On charitable activities:
Purchases and other direct costs
Premises costs
General office expenses
On governance costs:
Accountancy fees
Other professional costs
Restricted
£
35,140
-
595
35,735
-
-
35,735
Unrestricted
£
11,769
720
1,158
2024
2023
£
£
46,909
115,910
720
570
1,753
5,744
49,382
122,224
1,000
875
34
13
13,647
1,000
34
14,681 50,416
123,112

Page 11

Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2024

6 Net income for the year

The net income for the year is stated after charging:

Accountancy fees 2024
£
1,000
2023
£
875

7 Staffing and trustee remuneration

During the year the average number of employees was 0 (2023: 0). No employee received employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2023: Nil).

No remuneration was paid to any trustee during the year, nor any expenses reimbursed, apart from an amount of £10,970 in respect of a consultancy contract, and £134 in related expenses, between Ms M Goetz (trustee) and the charity. The relevant amounts for the 2023 year were £5,360 and £2,521 respectively.

8 Debtors

Grants receivable
Other debtors and prepayments
2024
£
-
2,689
2,689
2023
£
15,118
2,066
17,184

9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Accruals
Director's loan (from M Goetz, interest free and repayable on demand)
Unrestricted income funds
Balance at 1 January 2024
Income for the year
Expenditure for the year
Transfer to/from restricted funds
Balance at 31 December 2024
2024
£
1,975
5,000
6,975
2023
£
19,245
5,000
24,245
£
(2,017)
18,522
(14,681)
46
1,870

10 Unrestricted income funds

Page 12

Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2024

11 Restricted income funds

Restricted income funds
Global Survivor's fund grant (South Sudan)
Matrix Causes Fund
The Redress Trust
Doughty Street Chambers
Total funds
Balance at
1 Jan 2024
£
-
-
3,000
-
-
3,000
Income
in year
£
34,497
3,000
6,014
2,000
45,511
Expenditure
in year
£
(24,767)
(3,000)
(5,968)
(2,000)
(35,735)
Transfer to/from
Unrestricted funds
£
-
-
-
(46)
-
(46)
Balance at
31 Dec 2024
£
-
9,730
3,000
-
-
12,730

12 Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted income funds
Restricted income funds
Total funds
Tangible
fixed assets
£
-
-
-
Net current
assets
£
1,870
12,730
14,600
Long term
liabilities
£
-
-
-
Total
£
1,870
12,730
14,600

Page 13

The following pages do not form part of the statutory financial statements which are subject to the independent examiner's report.

Rights for Peace

Detailed Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2024

Income
Donations and legacies:
Donations
From charitable activities:
Sales income
Fundraising events
Consultancy fee income
Sponsors and local authorities:
DT-Global International Development
Global Survivors Fund
The Redress Trust
Oak Foundation
Doughty Street Chambers
Gisa Group
Matrix Causes Fund
From investment activities
Bank interest received
Total income
Expenditure
On charitable activities:
Purchases and other direct costs
Direct activity costs
Consultancy fees
Travel costs - overseas
Other travel costs
Translation & Interpretation costs
Advocacy events costs
Fundraising costs
Premises costs
Rent and rates
Repairs and maintenance
General office expenses
Expensed equipment
Postage, printing and stationery
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Communications
Software & IT costs
On governance costs:
Accountancy fees
Other professional fees
Net surplus/(deficit) for the year
£
£
10,689
1,087
-
1,087
-
34,607
6,014
6,320
2,000
316
3,000
52,257
-
64,033
9,258
30,332
4,152
456
2,608
-
103
(46,909)
720
-
(720)
302
269
-
160
356
666
(1,753)
1,000
34
(1,034)
13,617
2024
£
£
5,641
320
-
320
21,905
84,294
-
-
-
-
3,000
109,199
-
115,160
33,217
67,953
6,165
1,346
5,060
2,169
-
(115,910)
570
-
(570)
-
2,278
857
179
801
1,629
(5,744)
875
13
(888)
(7,952)
2023
£
£
5,641
320
-
320
21,905
84,294
-
-
-
-
3,000
109,199
-
115,160
33,217
67,953
6,165
1,346
5,060
2,169
-
(115,910)
570
-
(570)
-
2,278
857
179
801
1,629
(5,744)
875
13
(888)
(7,952)
2023
9,258
30,332
4,152
456
2,608
-
103
33,217
67,953
6,165
1,346
5,060
2,169
-
115,160
(115,910)
(570)
(5,744)
(888)
720
-
570
-
302
269
-
160
356
666
-
2,278
857
179
801
1,629
1,000
34
875
13
(7,952)

Page 14

2024 Rights For Peace full accs updated

Final Audit Report

2025-09-09

Created: 2025-09-09 By: Andrea Davies (andrea@arianaccountants.co.uk) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAAscaxRabHMReCLICsfMLsoR3gRTXXltn-

"2024 Rights For Peace full accs updated" History

Document created by Andrea Davies (andrea@arianaccountants.co.uk) 2025-09-09 - 1:32:00 PM GMT

Document emailed to Mariana Goetz (mariana@rightsforpeace.org) for signature 2025-09-09 - 1:32:06 PM GMT

Email viewed by Mariana Goetz (mariana@rightsforpeace.org) 2025-09-09 - 1:42:37 PM GMT

Document e-signed by Mariana Goetz (mariana@rightsforpeace.org) Signature Date: 2025-09-09 - 1:43:33 PM GMT - Time Source: server

Document emailed to Andrea Davies (andrea@arianaccountants.co.uk) for signature 2025-09-09 - 1:43:34 PM GMT

Email viewed by Andrea Davies (andrea@arianaccountants.co.uk) 2025-09-09 - 1:52:41 PM GMT

Document e-signed by Andrea Davies (andrea@arianaccountants.co.uk) Signature Date: 2025-09-09 - 1:53:20 PM GMT - Time Source: server

Agreement completed.

2025-09-09 - 1:53:20 PM GMT