Registered charity 1113039

Latin America Bureau (Research and Action) Limited

What it does

Research and analysis about social, economic, political issues in Latin America and the Caribbean to be published on our website, e-mail newsletter, via social media. Book and report publishing and distribution. Working with partner non-governmental organizations in the region and assisting them to publicize their work and concerns.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

3 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE(I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ISSUES OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS IN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY COMMISSIONING, PUBLISHING AND PROMOTING BOOKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC MAINLY FOR AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE READERSHIP; AND TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH; AND(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Health and saving lives
Preventing or relieving poverty
Arts, culture, heritage and science
Environment, conservation and heritage
Economic and community development, and employment
Human rights, equality and diversity
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
Other charities and voluntary bodies
The general public
How it works: Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information
Sponsors or carries out research
Acts as an umbrella or resource body

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice Nationally.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £31,479 and spent £31,114.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£31,479	£31,114	Not reported	50
31 March 2024	£50,895	£48,772	Not reported	50
31 March 2023	£29,383	£38,581	Not reported	50
31 March 2022	£51,915	£48,235	Not reported	75
31 March 2021	£48,243	£34,501	Not reported	90

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Down 35%, from £48,243 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £31,479 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 99% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	Not reported	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £9,870, awarded in 2021.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
15 Oct 2021	The National Lottery Community FundWomen Resisting Gendered and Intersectional Violence	£9,870

Trustees

10 trustees run the charity.

Marcela Lopez LevyChairAppointed 27 January 2015
Charlotte Victoria McMackinAppointed 14 July 2026
David LehmannAppointed 3 September 2013
Emily GreggAppointed 19 January 2023
George GelberAppointed 3 September 2013
Jamille Pinheiro DiasAppointed 27 April 2023
Linda Elizabeth EtchartAppointed 22 June 2023
Louise Rebecca MorrisAppointed 10 July 2019
Prof Cathy McilwaineAppointed 1 December 2018
Shafik MeghjiAppointed 27 January 2015

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 16 January 2026, 15 days early	Received 16 January 2026
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 9 January 2025, 22 days early	Received 9 January 2025
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 11 January 2024, 20 days early	Received 11 January 2024
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 4 January 2023, 27 days early	Received 4 January 2023
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 4 January 2022, 27 days early	Received 4 January 2022

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1113039
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 20 February 2006
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 1 APRIL 1980 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 6 FEBRUARY 2006
Company number: 01488712This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
Website: www.lab.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Powys

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£31,479

£31,114

Not reported

31 March 2024

£50,895

£48,772

Not reported

31 March 2023

£29,383

£38,581

Not reported

31 March 2022

£51,915

£48,235

Not reported

31 March 2021

£48,243

£34,501

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

31 March 2024

Not reported

31 March 2023

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

15 Oct 2021

The National Lottery Community FundWomen Resisting Gendered and Intersectional Violence

£9,870

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 16 January 2026, 15 days early

Received 16 January 2026

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 9 January 2025, 22 days early

Received 9 January 2025

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 11 January 2024, 20 days early

Received 11 January 2024

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 4 January 2023, 27 days early

Received 4 January 2023

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 4 January 2022, 27 days early

Received 4 January 2022