COMMONWEALTH MAGISTRATES' AND JUDGES' ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 800367 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CMJA

to advance the administration of the law by promoting the independence of the judiciary through education in the law, disseminate of information within the Commonwealth.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW AND THE RULE OF LAW BY PROMOTING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY WITHIN THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE LAW, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND LITERATURE ON ALL MATTERS OF INTEREST CONCERNING THE LEGAL PROCESS WITHIN THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHICH SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE ALL COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHETHER SELF GOVERNING OR NOTE.

Area of benefit: THE COMMONWEALTH

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 generated a surplus of £43,144 for the year ended 30 April 2025, increasing its total net assets to £439,216. The trustees report that free reserves are maintained at a level sufficient to cover closure commitments of approximately £85,000, providing a margin above the minimum agreed by the Council. The charity confirms it is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JUSTICE RICHARD WILLIAMSchair
• Andrew Christie Normand
• His Hon. Felix Datsomor
• Justice B Rajendran
• Justice Ilvin Claud Mugeta
• Linda Bradford-Morgan
• Mr Justice Graeme Steuart Mew
• Mrs Justice Charmaine Althea Joy Pemberton
• Mrs Sybil Roach-Tennent
• The Rt Hon. Justice James Michael Dingemans
• Yibing Zhang

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAGISTRATES ASSOCIATION.

• THE MAGISTRATES ASSOCIATION income £693k
• THE LAW SOCIETY CHARITY income £111k
• INCORPORATED COUNCIL OF LAW REPORTING FOR ENGLAND AND WALES income £6.1m
• WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £618k
• COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION (UNITED KINGDOM BRANCH) income £3.3m
• ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES income £8.1m

Side by side with its peers

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