PROBATION INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1198486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Professional Development for practitioners and managers working in the justice system. Activities include research, dissemination of research, publications, consultation, events and learning opportunities.

Objects

THE REHABILITATION OF EX-OFFENDERS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTITIONERS IN THIS OCCUPATIONAL FIELD AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE PROBATION PROFESSION INCLUDING BY: (1) DEVELOPING THE SCOPE AND PRACTICE OF PROBATION AND RELATED SUBJECTS IN THE PROBATION PROFESSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PRACTITIONERS; (2) MANAGING A CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THE PROFESSION; (3) PROMOTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PROBATION SERVICES AND RELATED AREAS WITHIN THE PROFESSION; (4) ENCOURAGING AND SHARING GOOD PROBATION PRACTICE AND HIGH STANDARDS THROUGH RESEARCH AND LEADERSHIP; (5) SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE WORK OF THE PROBATION SERVICE AND WIDER ORGANISATIONS IN THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE; (6) REDUCE THE RISKS OF RE-OFFENDING THEREBY REDUCING THE SERIOUS IMPACT OF CRIME ON VICTIMS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC BY PROMOTING EXCELLENCE; (7) CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC FROM HARM ACROSS ALLSOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL GROUPS; (8) FOCUS ON DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE AND (9) COLLABORATE WITH WIDER AND DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS ADDING TO THE FIELD OF RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICE IN DESISTANCE FROM CRIME, REHABILITATION AND THE RESETTLEMENT OF OFFENDERS.

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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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/03/2024, 43 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne BURRELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Michael Ward
• David Raho
• Ella Rabaiotti
• Helen Schofield Ms · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe · trustee of 3 other charities
• Professor Mike Nellis
• Roselin Mgbezeh · trustee of 1 other charity

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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