INCORPORATED COUNCIL OF LAW REPORTING FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

Registered charity 250605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICLR, THE LAW REPORTS

The preparation and publication, in a convenient form, at a moderate price, and under gratuitous Professional control, of [The Law] Reports of Judicial Decisions of the Superior and Appellate Courts in England and Wales

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Latest income
£6.1m
Latest spending
£5.5m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £664,632 and holds total unrestricted funds of £6,906,138. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stand at £5,320,639, which is considered satisfactory but below the stated target of £11m. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £6.9m; policy: £11m)
“The current level of reserves is considered satisfactory but not optimum, and the charity aims to add incrementally to reserves whilst maintaining its current publishing and service offerings.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£6.1m
Total spending
£5.5m
Reserves (reported)
£5.3m
Employees
56

Reported reserves equal ~11.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Anguilla · Antigua And Barbuda · Australia · Austria · Barbados · Belgium · Belize · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Canada · Cayman Islands · China

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£6.1m£5.5m
31/12/2023£5.9m£5.3m
31/12/2022£5.7m£5.2m
31/12/2021£5.4m£4.9m
31/12/2020£5.3m£4.7m

Common questions

Is INCORPORATED COUNCIL OF LAW REPORTING FOR ENGLAND AND WALES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £664,632 and holds total unrestricted funds of £6,906,138. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stand at £5,320,639, which is considered satisfactory but below the stated target of £11m. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INCORPORATED COUNCIL OF LAW REPORTING FOR ENGLAND AND WALES£6.1m——below—no doubt
THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£618k—0unclear—no doubt
UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED FY2024£674k—0above—no doubt
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION (UNITED KINGDOM BRANCH) FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt

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