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Human Rights Protection Fund

45 /100

Clarity score

Poor

Charity accounts, evidence & financial rating

45/100 Clarity Score · 2 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2026

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Is Human Rights Protection Fund a good charity?

Human Rights Protection Fund scores 45/100 (2 stars, Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2026 (£441k total income, cause-spend split not disclosed). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Income

£441k

Accounts 2026-03-31

Spending

£363k

Accounts 2026-03-31

Charitable activities

Not disclosed

No separate spending figure

Accounts filing

On time

Charity Commission

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London · UK-wide · EC4Y 0AB Reg 213766 Registered charity Official website Charity Commission register

What does Human Rights Protection Fund do?

The charity provides practical and financial support to transform the lives of prisoners of conscience - people who have exercised a, non-violent, act of conscience to uphold their or others' human rights and consequently suffered persecution.

Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.

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How much does Human Rights Protection Fund raise and spend?

Accounts period 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings

Human Rights Protection Fund revenue and expenses for 2026
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £441k —
Total expenditure £363k —
Charitable activities Not disclosed —

What changed in Human Rights Protection Fund’s latest accounts?

Reported totals for 2026 compared with 2025. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.

Income change
+11.6%
£395k → £441k
Spending change
−10.2%
£404k → £363k
Charitable activities share
Not disclosed
Both years need a disclosed spending split.

These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2026) · £363k spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split.

From the annual return

What does Human Rights Protection Fund pay its staff, and where does its money come from?

Answers Human Rights Protection Fund gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2026, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.

How much are Human Rights Protection Fund's highest-paid staff paid?

Human Rights Protection Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee).

Human Rights Protection Fund employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
Salary bandEmployees
£60,001–£70,000 1

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. The chief executive's pay is normally disclosed in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Human Rights Protection Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Human Rights Protection Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Also known as
Prisoners of Conscience; Hrpf
Previous names on the register
P O C; The Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales · Burma · Pakistan · Zimbabwe · Bangladesh · Belarus · Czech Republic · France

Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How have Human Rights Protection Fund's finances changed over five years?

Income rose 29% from £341k in 2022 to £441k in 2026; spending was £363k in 2026.

£0 £200k £400k £600k £800k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Income 2022: £341k Spending 2022: £317k Income 2023: £565k Spending 2023: £377k Cause spend 2023: £299k Income 2024: £370k Spending 2024: £370k Income 2025: £395k Spending 2025: £404k Income 2026: £441k Spending 2026: £363k
  • Income
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  • Cause spend
Human Rights Protection Fund income and spending by accounts year
Year Income Spending Charitable activities
2026 £441k £363k Not disclosed
2025 £395k £404k Not disclosed
2024 £370k £370k Not disclosed
2023 £565k £377k £299k
2022 £341k £317k Not disclosed

Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings

How does Human Rights Protection Fund compare?

The share of each group scoring at or below Human Rights Protection Fund, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.

Income band (£100k–£500k) 30thpercentile

Scores at or above 30% of 1,002 charities in its income band · 45/100 vs 52 peer average.

Poverty relief charities 5thpercentile

Scores at or above 5% of 1,486 charities in this cause · 45/100 vs 76 peer average.

Where Human Rights Protection Fund sits

The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.

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Evidence and interpretation

What the evidence says about Human Rights Protection Fund

In 2026, reported income was £440,802 and expenditure was £362,792. Income exceeded expenditure by £78,010. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.

More financial context

Income rose 11.6% compared with 2025. Read the accounts notes for restricted grants, legacies and one-off receipts before treating the movement as a trend.

A separate charitable-activities spending figure is not available for this year in our dataset. We cannot calculate an annual programme-spending share from these fields.

Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.

Find the right support

Who it supports and how to access its work

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; Other Defined Groups.

How it works: Makes Grants To Individuals; Provides Human Resources; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research; Other Charitable Activities.

Use the official contact details to check eligibility, referrals, waiting lists and current service coverage. Broad register classifications and a contact address do not confirm that a particular service is available to you.

Explore source-checked support routes

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity

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Results and impact evidence

We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.

Reported grants to institutions: £0 (2023-03-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.

What these results can tell you

Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.

How to judge charity impact evidence

What is Human Rights Protection Fund's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

75/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for Human Rights Protection Fund
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing.

100% 15/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

33% 1 trustee · 5/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

100% 10/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

33/100

Financial Health metrics for Human Rights Protection Fund
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of expenditure)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model.

0% Not stated · 0/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

100% 10/10 pts · 3-year average
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

0% Not stated · 0/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

0/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for Human Rights Protection Fund
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

0% Not stated · 0/10 pts
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

0% Not stated · 0/10 pts

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

50/100

Community Support metrics for Human Rights Protection Fund
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

50% 10 volunteers · 5/10 pts

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What trust indicators does Human Rights Protection Fund have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    up to date · last filing

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    1 trustees on the Charity Commission register

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

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Official register

Reg 213766

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

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Trustees & officers

  • Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund (Trustee) Limited since 2012

How reliable is Human Rights Protection Fund's data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2026
Filing date
Data refreshed

Medium confidence — some data missing or late

Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

Check the current register entry · Report a data correction

Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 213766. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

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  1. 1. Match the name and charity number

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  2. 2. Read the accounts in context

    Our latest accounts data covers 2026. Compare the accounts period, spending and reserves. An administration cost ratio alone cannot tell you how effective a charity is.

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  3. 3. Look for evidence of results

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How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

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Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Human Rights Protection Fund's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is Human Rights Protection Fund a good charity? +

Human Rights Protection Fund scores 45 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Its recent filings do not disclose a charitable-activities spend split and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is Human Rights Protection Fund a legitimate charity? +

The register data used for this profile lists Human Rights Protection Fund as a registered charity (charity number 213766). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=213766&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

What is Human Rights Protection Fund's charity number? +

Human Rights Protection Fund's charity number is 213766. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is Human Rights Protection Fund's charity rating? +

Human Rights Protection Fund scores 45 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does Human Rights Protection Fund have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Human Rights Protection Fund. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: insufficient trustee oversight). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches Human Rights Protection Fund? +

Human Rights Protection Fund does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in its recent UK regulator filings, so there is no official figure for how much of a donation reaches the cause. CharityCompare reports this as "not disclosed" rather than assuming a number.

What are Human Rights Protection Fund's overheads? +

Human Rights Protection Fund's recent UK regulator filings do not disclose a fundraising or governance cost split, so no official overhead percentage is available. Human Rights Protection Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.

How much income does Human Rights Protection Fund receive? +

Human Rights Protection Fund reported £441k total income in its 2026 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.

Are Human Rights Protection Fund's accounts up to date? +

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-08-10). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is Human Rights Protection Fund based? +

Human Rights Protection Fund's registered contact address is in London (EC4Y 0AB). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Burma, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Belarus, with a focus on poverty relief.

How much is Human Rights Protection Fund's chief executive paid? +

The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Human Rights Protection Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.

Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Human Rights Protection Fund? +

The register records Human Rights Protection Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

Are Human Rights Protection Fund's trustees paid? +

Human Rights Protection Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

What was Human Rights Protection Fund previously called? +

The register lists these previous names for Human Rights Protection Fund: P O C; The Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund.

When was Human Rights Protection Fund registered as a charity? +

Human Rights Protection Fund was entered on the register on 12 November 1962.

How does CharityCompare score Human Rights Protection Fund? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Human Rights Protection Fund's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Human Rights Protection Fund's most recent accounts cover 2026. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.