SUPPORT THROUGH COURT

Registered charity 1090781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COURT BASED PERSONAL SUPPORT, PERSONAL SUPPORT UNIT

Support Through Court aim to reduce the disadvantage of people facing the civil and family justice system without a lawyer, enabling them to access justice. We believe that no one should face court alone and so we work to provide immediate support to everyone who comes to us.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £499,366, which the trustees report equates to 4.2 months of running costs, sitting just below their target of four and a half months. The trustees note that the charity's ability to continue is dependent on securing future funding, specifically highlighting that a key grant extension represents 21% of the total income budget. Despite this dependency, the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £499k; policy: four and a half months of the charity’s expected running costs for the following financial year)
“unrestricted reserve was £499,366 (2024: 439,955) which equates to 4.2 months of 2025-26 total running costs” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The ability of the charity to continue in its current shape is dependent on its ability to secure funding.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Support Through Court (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£514k
Reserves (reported)
£625k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.6m

Common questions

Is SUPPORT THROUGH COURT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £499,366, which the trustees report equates to 4.2 months of running costs, sitting just below their target of four and a half months. The trustees note that the charity's ability to continue is dependent on securing future funding, specifically highlighting that a key grant extension represents 21% of the total income budget. Despite this dependency, the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds SUPPORT THROUGH COURT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUPPORT THROUGH COURT as a grant recipient include IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION, ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, THE THREE OAKS TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATIONFY2025£591k
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2025£411k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2023£269kGrants & Donations
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATIONFY2023£188k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2022£38kCauses in Wales
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2025£30k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£28kThe advancement of health or saving of lives
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2023£27k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25kGrant
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20kGeneral charitable purposes
THE RODDICK FOUNDATIONFY2026£20k
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2024£15k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£15kChurch & Communities Programme
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2025£13k
THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2022£10kHelps litigants in person, their friends and families, witnesses, victims and inexperienced court users
THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kMiscellaneous
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
INNER LONDON MAGISTRATES COURT POOR BOXFY2023£5k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2023£5k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2022£5k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kMiscellaneous
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2024£5k
INNER LONDON MAGISTRATES COURT POOR BOXFY2025£5k
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2025£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2022£5k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£5kOther
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kPurposes Beneficial to the Community
INNER LONDON MAGISTRATES COURT POOR BOXFY2022£5k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kgeneral charitable objectives
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£4k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4kMerseyside
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2023£4k
FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£3kThe advancement of health or saving of lives
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2025£20kVital Staff Support for Support Through Court Manchester
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2024£498kSupporting vulnerable court users through technology
London Borough of Hounslow14/09/2020£3kGrant to Support Through the Court
The Mercers' Company08/10/2019£45kGrant to Support Through Court
UK government01/04/2019£400kDomestic Abuse - Family
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2019£10kIncreasing Access To Justice In Cardiff
A B Charitable Trust24/01/2019£15kA grant to Personal Support Unit
UK government01/04/2018£222kDomestic Abuse Fund - Family
London Borough of Hounslow12/06/2017£453Grant to Personal Support Unit
A B Charitable Trust25/10/2016£10kSupporting people in civil court proceedings
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2016£10kAccess to Justice: PSU Hull and PSU Coventry
A B Charitable Trust28/04/2015£10kSupporting people in civil court proceedings
The National Lottery Community Fund01/09/2011£9kAccess to Justice: PSU Birmingham and PSU Liverpool
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2010£5kLaunching PSU Cardiff

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACCESS YOUR RIGHT TO CARE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUPPORT THROUGH COURT£1.4m——below—noted
ACCESS YOUR RIGHT TO CARE FY2025£2.8m——below—no doubt
OUT THERE SUPPORTING FAMILIES OF PRISONERS LIMITED FY2025£256k—0below—no doubt
REFUGEE LEGAL SUPPORT FY2025£879k——above—no doubt
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST FY2024£4.7m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
JUST FOR KIDS LAW LIMITED FY2025£787k——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.