THE INTERNATIONAL LAW BOOK FACILITY

Registered charity 1112628 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ILBF

The Company was incorporated to facilitate the provision of legal literature to developing and other countries for educational and other charitable purposes.

Objects

TO FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF LEGAL LITERATURE TO DEVELOPING AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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 had unrestricted reserves of £37,467 and restricted reserves of £7,913 at the end of the year, resulting in a net incoming resource of £6,011. The trustees note that while there is no formal reserves policy, current reserves are sufficient to continue activities for some time, though they acknowledge dependency on future financial donations from the legal community.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04999536

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LAKE, Ellen Ruth — director, appointed 02/04/2026on trustee list
• COCKERILL, Sara Elizabeth, Dame — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
• DIRIR-SLAATS, Sophia — director, appointed 21/10/2022on trustee list
• HONDORA, Tawanda, Dr — director, appointed 21/10/2022on trustee list
• MCMAHON, Maryann — director, appointed 02/05/2017on trustee list
• COLSTON, Jane Margaret — director, appointed 29/01/2015on trustee list
• LOWENSTEIN, Paul David — director, appointed 29/01/2015not on trustee list
• HILL, John Philip — director, appointed 26/10/2004on trustee list
• TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary, appointed 16/09/2009

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Tawanda Hondora
• Ellen Ruth Lake
• JANE COLSTON
• MARK HOWARD STEPHENS CBE · trustee of 3 other charities
• MR PHILIP HILL
• Maryann McMahon · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL LOWENSTEIN KC
• Sara Elizabeth Cockerill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sophia Dirir-Slaats

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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