JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS
Registered charity 1187441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
We are a charity that operates throughout the United Kingdom to ensure that the justice system is fair, accessible and sustainably resourced. We build effective collaborations between funders, legal and community organisations that work together to create access to justice and social change.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total reserves stood at £2,344,000, all of which are restricted to the Justice Together Initiative. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to cover the costs of maintaining awarded grants to completion, quantifying the required level as four months of running costs. The charity reported a net expenditure of £3,348,000 for the year, funded primarily by incoming grants.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 4 months of running costs (held: £2.3m)
“Sufficient reserves are quantified to be 4 months of running costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- ULAYA, Ernest James — director, appointed 25/07/2025on trustee list
- BUKOVSKA, Barbora — director, appointed 18/06/2025on trustee list
- BROADHEAD, Jacqueline Helen — director, appointed 18/12/2019on trustee list
- ANG, Jennifer Su-Lan — director, appointed 18/12/2019on trustee list
- SMERDON, Matthew George — director, appointed 18/12/2019on trustee list
- SHAPIRO, Abi — secretary, appointed 07/04/2026
- SMERDON, Matthew — secretary, appointed 15/12/2025
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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).
- Barbora Bukovska
- Ernest Ulaya
- Jacqueline Helen Broadhead
- Jennifer Su-lan Ang
- Matthew Smerdon
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £2,344,000, all of which are restricted to the Justice Together Initiative. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to cover the costs of maintaining awarded grants to completion, quantifying the required level as four months of running costs. The charity reported a net expenditure of £3,348,000 for the year, funded primarily by incoming grants. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.
Who funds JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS as a grant recipient include THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE INDIGO TRUST, THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST.
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