THE CANON LAW SOCIETY TRUST

Registered charity 266263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust produces a number of publications on Canon Law.In co-operation with others it has published an English translation of the Code of Canon Law and a Commentary.It hosts the Lyndwood Lecture bi-annually.It holds an annual conference for members of the Society.It provides an annual course of training for the judges of ecclesiastical tribunals.

Objects

FOR SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE THE CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY OR UDER THE DIRECTION OR WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SOCIETY AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE CONSENT OF THE COMMITTEE DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an accumulated fund deficit of £11,552 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £196,649 to £185,097. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of £100,000, which is currently exceeded by the actual unrestricted reserves of £185,097. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Canon Jeremy Trood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Kristian Paver
• Dr Veronica Fulton · trustee of 4 other charities
• RT REV MGR GORDON READ JCL
• Rev Christopher Dawson
• Rev Francis Bradley
• Rev Gerard Tartaglia
• Rev JOHN CONNEELY
• Rev Luke Beckett OSB
• THE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIG DAVID HOGAN JCL KHS

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £126k
• THE SOCIETY OF THE FAITH (INCORPORATED) income £201k
• CANON COLLINS TRUST income £758k
• CANNON CHARITABLE TRUST income £617k
• THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY income £111k
• HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

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