DPI - DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 5 May 1994
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02922108
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £559,559
Latest expenditure: £533,539
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 11 GUILFORD STREET, LONDON, WC1N 1DH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.democraticprogress.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Activities Include:Litigation and AdvocacyMissions and Fact FindingPublic AwarenessCapacity Building Publications

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 27 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 27 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £559,559
Total Gross Expenditure: £533,539

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 15 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 15 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £363,739
Total Gross Expenditure: £425,652

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 20 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £347,623
Total Gross Expenditure: £476,078

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £419,407
Total Gross Expenditure: £540,958

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 19 May 2022
Date Accounts Received: 19 May 2022
Total Gross Income: £613,604
Total Gross Expenditure: £591,583

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 27 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £559,559
Total Gross Expenditure: £533,539
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 14

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 15 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £363,739
Total Gross Expenditure: £425,652
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: Yes
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 21

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £347,623
Total Gross Expenditure: £476,078
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 21

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £419,407
Total Gross Expenditure: £540,958
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 25

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 19 May 2022
Total Gross Income: £613,604
Total Gross Expenditure: £591,583
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 12

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 27 August 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 554652
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 3662
Income Other: 1245
Income Total Income And Endowments: 559559
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £533,539
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 533539
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 10336
Assets Own Use: 10336
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £867,136
Assets Total Liabilities: £755,588
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £121,884
Creditors One Year Total Current: 755588
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £848,615
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 121884
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 121884
Count Employees: 0
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 19 May 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 1941
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 72
Income Other: 11793
Income Total Income And Endowments: 13806
Income Legacies: 1941
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £591,583
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 591583
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 582043
Expenditure Governance: 9540
Expenditure Support Costs: 144157
Expenditure Depreciation: 5371
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £402,131
Assets Total Fixed: 21487
Assets Own Use: 21487
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £525,325
Assets Total Liabilities: £144,681
Assets Current Investment: 18614
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £402,131
Creditors One Year Total Current: 144681
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £506,711
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 402131
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 402131
Count Employees: 8
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Camden
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DPI - DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1994-05-05T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/04/1994AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/02/1996AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06/12/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/05/2012
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE: A) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN TURKEY, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (THE "REGION") REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOUR, SEX, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, POLITICAL PERSUASION OR OTHER BELIEF OR OPINION AND PEOPLE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE TIES TO THE REGION AND WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF CONTRAVENTIONS OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PEOPLE AND TO ASSIST THEM IN GAINING REDRESS FOR THEIR SUFFERING AND PROMOTING BETTER FUTURE PROTECTIONS; B) TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIES TO THE REGION AND WHO ARE IN NEED WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF CONTRAVENTIONS OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PEOPLE IN OBTAINING FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE; C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE SITUATION OF KURDISH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; D) TO PROCURE THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE AND OTHER CONTRAVENTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIES TO THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; D) TO PROCURE THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE AND OTHER CONTRAVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIES TO THE REGION BY ALL LAWFUL MEANS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PROVIDING INFORMATION AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO STATES OR GOVERNMENTS PROSECUTING TORTURERS AND THOSE WHO CONSPIRE WITH THEM. FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLAUSE 3 THE EXPRESSION "HUMAN RIGHTS" SHALL MEAN RIGHTS WHICH: A) MEMBER STATES ARE CALLED UPON TO PROMOTE AND SECURE UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS;AND B) CONTRACTING STATES ARE BOUND TO SECURE UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 83880
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: KURDISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT

Charity Name Id: 83842
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: K H R P

Charity Name Id: 516560
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: DPI - DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS INITIATIVE

Charity Name Id: 83855
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: KHRP

Charity Name Id: 83857
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: KURDISH HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures