THE SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND

Registered charity 282719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOCIETY OF PUBLIC TEACHERS OF LAW, THE SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS

The main object of the Society is the advancement of legal education and scholarship in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Objects

ADVANCEMENT OF LEGAL EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net inflow of funds of £2,455 for the year ended 31 May 2025, increasing unrestricted reserves to £367,096. The trustees report that these reserves substantially exceed the policy target of holding three months' expenditure, which is capped at £75,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Brian Christopher Jones
• Dr Can Eken
• Dr Claire Bessant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Clare James
• Dr David Barrett
• Dr Desmond Ryan
• Dr Eloise Ellis
• Dr Gaofeng Meng
• Dr John Picton
• Dr Marek Martyniszyn
• Dr Niamh Dunne
• Dr Noreen O'Meara
• Dr Peter Dunne
• Dr Philippa Collins
• Dr Rachael Walsh
• Dr Ruvi Ziegler
• Dr Sarah White
• PROF SARAH WORTHINGTON
• PROFESSOR ALAN PATERSON
• PROFESSOR NIGEL PAUL GRAVELLS
• Professor Anne Davies
• Professor Claudina Richards
• Professor Duncan Kenneth Sheehan
• Professor Joan Loughrey
• Professor Nicola Wake
• Professor Paul Beaumont
• Professor Phillip Johnson
• Professor Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Simon Sneddon
• Professor Tanya Aplin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

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 LAW SOCIETY CHARITY income £111k
• SELDEN SOCIETY income £119k
• THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £6.3m
• SOCIETY FOR FRENCH STUDIES income £143k
• JURIS ANGLIAE SCIENTIA LIMITED income £190k

Side by side with its peers

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