THE CHANCERY LANE PROJECT

Registered charity 1204664 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) is the largest global network of lawyers and business leaders using the power of climate contracting to deliver fast and fair decarbonisation.We work with legal and sustainability professionals to introduce climate contracting principles to their client agreements and ensure they deliver decarbonisation targets using their contracts.

Objects

1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LAWYERS AND LAW STUDENTS) IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ROLE OF THE LAW AND CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS IN CONTRIBUTING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTING, ENHANCING AND REHABILITATING THE ENVIRONMENT) PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE PUBLISHED;2) PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY ENCOURAGING LEGAL AND CONTRACTUAL DRAFTING PRACTICES WHICH ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES, INVESTORS AND OTHER ACTORS TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND USE RESOURCES PRUDENTLY: AND3) ADVANCING ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.“SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS;

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wealden, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £533,576 for the year, which was covered by brought-forward unrestricted reserves. The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £902,825, providing a buffer against the stated principal risk of financial sustainability due to reliance on limited grant funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• The Chancery Lane Project and WRAP update clause to fight corporate food waste foodmanufacture.co.uk · 12/05/2026

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Matthew Gingell — Chair (source)
• Ben Metz — Executive Director (source)
• Samantha Leahy-Harland — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Felix Cohen — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Owen Gingellchair
• Jonathan Hakim
• Jonathan Samuel Saverimuttu · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Alice Oliver Scemla
• Stephen Thomas
• YASMIN WALJEE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Jonathan Samuel Saverimuttu — trustee here and at THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION

Known funders

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