THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY

Registered charity 268736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support education of the public in legal matters and members of the profession in the interest of the public. To support charities whose principal aims are to support members of the profession in need.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 & 5 OF DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 11TH DECEMBER 1974)

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £375,409 as of 5 April 2025, an increase from £301,077 in the prior year. The charity reported total income of £111,332 and charitable expenditure of £37,000, resulting in a net income surplus for the period. The trustees confirmed the charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities for at least the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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).

• Foundation of Light named Sunderland Law Society Charity of the Year foundationoflight.co.uk · 22/06/2026

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Law Society Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Law Society Educational Trust Fund — “The Law Society Educational Trust Fund” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE LAW SOCIETY TRUSTEES LTD

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

Operates in: 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 LAWS FOUNDATION income £240k
• THE SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND income £304k
• HARROW LAW CENTRE income £1.0m
• LAWYERS AGAINST POVERTY income £156k
• THE ECCLESIASTICAL LAW SOCIETY income £91k

Side by side with its peers

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