ARTICLE 19

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The trustees have considered the going concern basis of Article 19. Notwithstanding the general funds shortfall and challenging funding environment, the trustees are of the view that cash flow projections provide the necessary financial breathing space to make the necessary adjustments to secure the long term future of the charity. As a result, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. ARTICLE 19 · parent
   1. ARTICLE 19 Brazil and South America (ARTIGO 19 Brasil) 100% · Brazil · Freedom of Expression
   2. ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America (ARTICULO 19 Campaña Global por la libertad de expression) 100% · Mexico · Freedom of Expression
   3. ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa 100% · Kenya · Freedom of Expression
   4. Stichting ARTICLE 19 100% · Netherlands · Freedom of Expression

Significant events

• “All 193 UN Member States adopted our position on a human rights-based approach to Al.”
• “Nearly 5,000 journalists, activists, and human rights defenders are better equipped to defend expression for all.”
• “Our advocacy advanced the right to know for over 175 million people.”
• “The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) published new tools in 2024 to help developers protect privacy, resist censorship, and embed human rights into internet infrastructure.”
• “Poland celebrated a historic win against surveillance with the European Court of Human Rights ruling against the Anti-Terrorism Act.”
• “The Ministry of Finance and the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee adopted our positions on platform regulation.”
• “ARTICLE 19 played a pivotal role in two landmark US Supreme Court cases, which challenged state laws in Florida and Texas that sought to limit social media platforms' ability to moderate content.”
• “ARTICLE 19 mobilised the digital ecosystem to secure people's accounts from state intrusion in Iran.”
• “A new UN Human Rights Council resolution called on states to address the increase in strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).”
• “In summer 2024, ARTICLE 19 received an urgent call from Tawasoul, our local NGO partner in Iraq, about a damaging new RTI bill.”
• “ARTICLE 19 was classified as an "undesirable" organisation in February 2024 after several decades of working in and on Russia.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -14.1%

  £17,445,732 → £14,990,774

• Cash

  +2.7%

  £6,870,414 → £7,054,810

• Net assets

  -3.8%

  £6,640,144 → £6,391,070

• Employees

  -4.5%

  177 → 169

• Wages

  +10.8%

  £2,448,728 → £2,712,922

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers