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Making Rights Real

SC050342Registered charity from 30 July 2020
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 2nd Floor
66 Hanover Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH2 1EL
Website makingrightsreal.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4 The organisation's purposes are to work independently and in collaboration with others for: 4.1 The advancement of human rights citizenship or community development, by all or any of the following means: 4.1.1 Encouraging and supporting collective community action on human rights concerns including through media and campaigning work. 4.1.2 Supporting the networking of community based human rights defenders. 4.1.3 Providing information, advice, training or development support for rights holders and communities in furtherance of above purposes. 4.2 The advancement and promotion of human rights (as set out in the UN Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations treaties and declarations) by all or any of the following means: 4.2.1 With communities monitoring human rights concerns at the grassroots; obtaining redress for the victims of human rights issues including through media and campaigning; supporting people to have their rights met in practice; research into human rights issues. 4.2.2 Educating the public about human rights and promoting public support for human rights; providing technical advice to government and others on human rights matters; contributing to the sound administration of human rights law; 4.2.3 Commenting on legislation impacting on human rights; raising awareness and support for human rights. 4.2.4 Promoting respect for human rights among individuals, corporations; international advocacy of human rights and eliminating infringements of human rights. 4.2.5 Provide or support the provision of services with communities and rights holders in furtherance of above purposes.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Making Rights Real is a small grassroots human rights organisation in Scotland with a big vision - to support marginalised communities to use the power of human rights to mobilise for economic and social change.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 30 Jul 2020
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 3
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £80,000 £14,198 25 Oct 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £118,440 £81,403 02 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £142,853 £100,387 06 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £128,147 £119,936 04 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £125,309 £131,628 15 Dec 2025 Yes Download
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Michael Heffernan
Heather Ford
Elizabeth Gibb
Isla McIntosh
Angela Morgan
Fiona Garven
Lydia Murphy
Joanna Ferrie
Sophie Bridger
Carolyn Scott
Helen Schwittay McArthur
Joanna Kennedy
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

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