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L A G EDUCATION AND SERVICE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 265703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEGAL ACTION GROUP

LAG Education and Service Trust Limited (more commonly known as LAG), is a national charity, which promotes equal access to justice. It achieves its objectives by publishing legal books and its monthly magazine Legal Action plus running training courses. Its main customers are lawyers and publicly funded legal services.

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Latest income
£506k
Latest spending
£440k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £65,213 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves of £91,427 are just below the minimum three-month target of £110,020, though the trustees anticipate improvement in 2025.

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: £91k; policy: three and six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure)
“The current level of reserves is therefore just below the minimum 3 month target” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £6k
“Potential repayment to HMRC for over-claimed tax relief on pensions. Ongoing investigating Is underway where LAG will work alongside HMRC in identifying if there is an over-claim and how to repay this.” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£506k
Total spending
£440k
Reserves (reported)
£93k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£506k£440k
31/12/2023£424k£457k
31/12/2022£489k£529k
31/12/2021£569k£565k
31/12/2020£539k£506k

Common questions

Is L A G EDUCATION AND SERVICE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £65,213 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves of £91,427 are just below the minimum three-month target of £110,020, though the trustees anticipate improvement in 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds L A G EDUCATION AND SERVICE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name L A G EDUCATION AND SERVICE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2023£90kFunding the development of a comprehensive model of housing training and resources
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k