PRO BONO COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1153220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pro Bono Community seeks to improve access to justice by providing specialist training in legal advice and social welfare law to lawyers, trainees and students and then coordinating, managing and monitoring placements for them as volunteers at Law Centres and advice agencies including PBC's own remote appeals advice clinic.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£188k
Latest spending
£155k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £32,495 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £82,642. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to mitigate risks such as income shortfalls and maintain operations for six months to a year. The charity is confirmed to be a going concern with adequate resources for the next 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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
31/08/2025£188k£155k
31/08/2024£101k£120k
31/08/2023£176k£159k
31/08/2022£152k£155k
31/08/2021£117k£144k

Common questions

Is PRO BONO COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £32,495 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £82,642. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to mitigate risks such as income shortfalls and maintain operations for six months to a year. The charity is confirmed to be a going concern with adequate resources for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2024£140kAdvice Connect
City Bridge Foundation06/04/2023£199kGrant to Pro Bono Community
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2021£128kAdvice Connect
UK government29/07/2020£39kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
City Bridge Foundation21/03/2019£74kGrant to Pro Bono Community
City Bridge Foundation18/03/2016£111kGrant to Pro Bono Community