THE COUNCIL OF THE INNS OF COURT

Registered charity 1155640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COIC

1. Advance education in the administration and practice of the law, by providing leadership and guidance to the pursuit of excellence in advocacy.2. Enforce professional standards of conduct amongst barristers by administering Disciplinary Tribunals for barristers facing charges of professional misconduct.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COUNCIL ARE:2.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND PRACTICE OF THE LAW AND RELATED DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING BY PROVIDING COURSES, TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND BY PROMOTING, UNDERTAKING, AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH; 2.2 TO PROMOTE THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW, INCLUDING BY:2.2.1 PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS OF ADVOCACY TO SUPPORT THE RULE OF LAW; AND2.2.2 OVERSEEING AND ENFORCING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN RELATION TO THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY AND RELATED LEGAL SERVICES, IN EACH CASE, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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 surplus of £26,644 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £4,757,488 and unrestricted expenditure of £4,710,844. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £798,888 exceeded the stated policy target of two months' income (£792,915), and the independent auditors found no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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 ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Spink KC
• Emma Kate Hopkins
• Gregory John Dorey CVO
• HHJ Sarah Norman KC
• Marion Smith KC
• Patricia Robertson KC
• Sir Christopher Ghika
• Stephen John Cartwright
• The Rt Hon Lord Justice Nicholas Nigel Green

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

Operates in: Ghana · Ireland · Netherlands · Poland · Singapore · Throughout England And Wales · Trinidad And Tobago · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY.

• THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY income £111k
• INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS PROJECT income £508k
• HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND income £2.6m
• THE SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND income £304k
• LAW CENTRES FEDERATION income £1.1m
• THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £126k

Side by side with its peers

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