LAWYERS AGAINST POVERTY

Registered charity 1189586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To inspire lawyers to play a part in global justice and provide a means by which they can fulfil their duties as lawyers in society. To raise awareness of the impact on the relief of poverty that can be achieved through improved access to justice.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1 TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY,2.2 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR WHERE TO DO SO CONTRIBUTES TO THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;2.3 TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF FURTHERING OBJECTS 2.1 AND 2.2 ABOVE;2.4 TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF FURTHERING OBJECTS 2.1 AND 2.2 ABOVE:IN ALL CASES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.HUMAN RIGHTS MEANS HUMAN RIGHTS AS DEFINED BY THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income more than doubled to £196,539, resulting in a net surplus of £84,085 for the year. However, the trustees note that the charity is not currently able to maintain substantial reserves, with unrestricted funds standing at £32,441. While the organization expresses confidence in continuing as a going concern, it highlights that fundraising remains a key priority and capacity may be affected by funding losses.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12528830

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lawyers Against Poverty (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Joffe Trust — “With particular thanks to the Joffe Trust for sponsoring our launch as an independent charity.” (source page)

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.

• SPAIN, Jonathan Gerald — director, appointed 13/09/2024on trustee list
• HENDERSON, Adrian John — director, appointed 02/05/2023on trustee list
• MADHLOOM, Omar, Dr — director, appointed 02/05/2023on trustee list
• CURD, Louise Mary — director, appointed 05/11/2020on trustee list
• NDINDI, Caroline — director, appointed 01/10/2020on trustee list
• BIRD, Pascale Evelyn Genevieve — director, appointed 20/03/2020on trustee list
• WILSON, Kirsty Helen — director, appointed 20/03/2020on trustee list
• DYTON, Francis Richard Ross — director, appointed 20/03/2020not on trustee list
• ELLIOTT, Nicola Rose Arthur — director, appointed 20/03/2020not on trustee list
• PASSMAN, Naomi Anne — director, appointed 20/03/2020on trustee list
• SAUNDERS, Jonathan Stirling — director, appointed 20/03/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian John Henderson
• Caroline Ndindi
• Francis Richard Ross Dyton LLM, MSc
• JONATHAN STIRLING SAUNDERS
• Jonathan Gerald Spain · trustee of 3 other charities
• Kirsty Helen Wilson
• Louise Mary Curd
• NAOMI ANNE PASSMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Rose Arthur Elliott LLM
• Omar Madhloom · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pascale Evelyn Genevieve Bird

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

Operates in: Ireland · Kenya · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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
• The Social Justice Network income £346k
• THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £126k
• HARROW LAW CENTRE income £1.0m
• LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE IN LIBYA income £1.1m
• LUTON LAW CENTRE income £407k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.