CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE

Registered charity 314246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIDDLE TEMPLE TRUST FUNDS

THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO INTENDING PRACTITIONERS AT THE BAR OF ENGLAND AND WALES

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Latest income

£720k

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves are maintained at a minimum level, with unrestricted income funds of £5.51 million held to support scholarship awards and administration. The trustees note that scholarship awards are generally equal to the value of income generated or received each year, meaning further growth requires additional fundraising or increased support from the Inn.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of administration costs (held: £5.5m)

“The trustees hold reserves to ensure that day-to-day administration costs can be funded internally for a period up to 12 months into the future.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Middle Temple Trust Funds (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income

£720k

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£102k

Reserves (reported)

£5.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~42.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Phillip Burns KC
Evan Price · trustee of 1 other charity
HHJ Tony Alan Walter Baumgartner
Jessica Margaret Poppaea Simor KC
Louise Clare McCullough

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£720k	£1.6m
31/12/2023	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/12/2022	£1.1m	£1.3m
31/12/2021	£2.9m	£1.4m
31/12/2020	£2.9m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves are maintained at a minimum level, with unrestricted income funds of £5.51 million held to support scholarship awards and administration. The trustees note that scholarship awards are generally equal to the value of income generated or received each year, meaning further growth requires additional fundraising or increased support from the Inn. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE INNER TEMPLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND	1	£51k
THE SASTA FOUNDATION	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INNER TEMPLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

THE INNER TEMPLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND income £104k
INNER TEMPLE BENEFACTORS SCHOLARSHIP FUND income £167k
THE GRAY'S INN SCHOLARSHIPS TRUST income £788k
WHITWORTH SCHOLARSHIP'S FUND income £234k
HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND income £2.6m
READING BLUE COAT AND ARCHBISHOP LAUD CHARITABLE TRUST income £199k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE	£720k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INNER TEMPLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FY2025	£104k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
INNER TEMPLE BENEFACTORS SCHOLARSHIP FUND FY2025	£167k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE GRAY'S INN SCHOLARSHIPS TRUST FY2025	£788k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WHITWORTH SCHOLARSHIP'S FUND FY2024	£234k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND FY2025	£2.6m	—	—	no_policy	—	no doubt

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