HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF LINCOLN'S INN EDUCATIONAL AWARDS FUND

Registered charity 1102415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educational Awards and scholarships

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS AND PUPIL BARRISTERS OF LINCOLN'S INN IN THE FIELD OF LAW BY THE PROVISION OF PRIZES, BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: THE STUDENTS AND PUPIL BARRISTERS OF LINCOLN'S INN IN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£221k
Latest spending
£198k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £5,881,274, which the Trustees have identified as high due to a total return investment strategy. The charity has no employees and no trustees received remuneration, with the Trustees confirming adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twenty years (held: £5.9m)
“The aim is to ensure that the trust continues to support its beneficiaries for twenty years.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Inn meets the cost of remuneration for advice and services by the Auditors.
“The Inn meets the cost of remuneration for advice and services by the Auditors.” — page 19
“During the year grants totalling: £198k (2024: £162k) were made to Lincoln's Inn as contributions towards awards and Scholarships granted by the Inn” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants made to Lincoln's Inn
“The Inn meets the cost of remuneration for advice and services by the Auditors.” — page 19
“During the year grants totalling: £198k (2024: £162k) were made to Lincoln's Inn as contributions towards awards and Scholarships granted by the Inn” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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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
31/12/2025£221k£198k
31/12/2024£181k£141k
31/12/2023£151k£143k
31/12/2022£168k£159k
31/12/2021£154k£141k

Common questions

Is HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF LINCOLN'S INN EDUCATIONAL AWARDS FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £5,881,274, which the Trustees have identified as high due to a total return investment strategy. The charity has no employees and no trustees received remuneration, with the Trustees confirming adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.