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THE LAWS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1203572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charitable Trust established to support the Laws Family philanthropy

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£240k
Latest spending
£7k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,936,733 at the end of the financial year, representing a net surplus of £233,728 for the period. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity has no staff and its primary expenditure consists of charitable donations and accountancy fees.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: spend reserves to support charities of the trustee's choosing (held: £1.9m)
“The charity's current policy is to spend reserves to support charities of the trustee's choosing and consequently these reserves are kept in interest-bearing bank accounts.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£19k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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
30/09/2025£240k£7k
30/09/2024£1.7m£19k

Common questions

Is THE LAWS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,936,733 at the end of the financial year, representing a net surplus of £233,728 for the period. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity has no staff and its primary expenditure consists of charitable donations and accountancy fees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST1£570k
TRUST FOR LONDON1£250k
JEREMY COLLER FOUNDATION1£230k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST1£60k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION1£33k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LAWS FOUNDATION£240k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION FY2025£466k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£6.3m——unclear—no doubt
Coller Family Foundation FY2025£230k—0below—no doubt
THE RICHARD LAWES FOUNDATION FY2025£222k—0unclear—no doubt
VARGA FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£337k—0above—no doubt

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