THE BARRISTERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1106768 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General purposes. Make grants and loans to individuals; provide finance, services and information.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO HELP NEEDY AND DESERVING MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH BAR WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN PRACTICE IN ENGLAND OR WALES, THEIR HUSBANDS OR WIVES, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, CHILDREN AND DEPENDANTS, OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED THEY ARE OR WERE IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £424,059 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by investment gains despite a deficit on income and expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £13,236,813, with the committee intending to maintain a reserves limit of £7,500,000, though current levels are higher to buffer against market uncertainties. The charity confirmed it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by AC Mole LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Barristers' Benevolent Association (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £160k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~166.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Terence Rennie Mowschenson KCchair
• DANIEL TOLEDANO KC · trustee of 1 other charity
• David John Phillips KC
• Graeme Alexander Halkerston
• Helen Valley
• Jeffrey Israel
• Lord Mark Oliver Saville
• MR Angus Maxwell Thomas McCullough QC
• Marcus Croskell
• Master Roger Eastman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Raymond Edwin Cox KC
• Sara Jane Hargreaves
• TEERTHA GUPTA

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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