COMMONWEALTH MAGISTRATES' AND JUDGES' ASSOCIATION

Charity number: 800367
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 April 2024

Total income: £373,614
Total expenditure: £281,580

Total income includes £20,000 from 1 government grant(s)

People

31 Trustee(s)

2 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 December 1988: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • CMJA (Working name)
Company number:
01942930 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

31 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JUSTICE LYNNE LEITCH Chair 04 October 2012
None on record
NAWARATHNA DISSANAYAKALAGE BANDULA Gunaratne Trustee 01 December 2024
None on record
Tyrone Lancelot Chin Trustee 04 October 2023
None on record
Dame Maura Patricia McGowan Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Andrew Christie Normand Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Dr John Gerald Farouk Carey Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Sheriff Donald Stevenson Corke Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Justice Ilvin Claud Mugeta Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
His Hon. Felix Datsomor Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
His Worship Godwin Chukwuma Ibemesi Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Nchimunya Chimponde Simaubi Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Justice Emmanuel Ekundayo Roberts Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Jackline Kagoya Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Mr Justice Graeme Steuart Mew Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
His Honour Chester Crooks Trustee 13 September 2018
None on record
The Rt Hon. Justice James Michael Dingemans Trustee 13 September 2018
None on record
Justice Winston Horatio Delano Patterson Trustee 17 September 2015
None on record
Linda Bradford-Morgan Trustee 17 September 2015
None on record
Dr Ei Sun Oh Trustee 17 September 2015
None on record
Justice B Rajendran Trustee 17 January 2015
None on record
Mrs Sybil Roach-Tennent Trustee 21 October 2013
None on record
His Honour RICHARD COGSWELL Trustee 02 January 2013
None on record
JUDGE TIM WORKMAN Trustee 05 December 2011
CMJA ENDOWMENT TRUST
Received: On time
DAVID ARMATI Trustee
None on record
LORD HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD Trustee
None on record
JUSTICE NORMA WADE MILLER Trustee
None on record
THE HON JUDGE SANDRA OXNER Trustee
None on record
Hon. JOHN VERTES Trustee
None on record
JUSTICE CHARLES MKANDAWIRE Trustee
None on record
MATANKISO MOLIEHI NTHUNYA Trustee
None on record
JUSTICE RICHARD WILLIAMS Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/04/2020 30/04/2021 30/04/2022 30/04/2023 30/04/2024
Total gross income £234.98k £100.56k £146.43k £318.90k £373.61k
Total expenditure £223.13k £147.80k £128.88k £267.91k £281.58k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A £25.00k £25.00k £20.00k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 April 2024 24 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2024 24 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2023 19 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2023 19 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2022 09 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2022 09 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2021 16 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2021 16 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2020 21 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2020 21 December 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29TH AUGUST 1985 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 6TH NOVEMBER 1985 AND 20TH SEPTEMBER 1988. ARTICLES AMENDED 29TH AUGUST 2003 AND 20 SEPTEMBER 2009 AS AMENDED ON 13 SEP 2018 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 SEP 2022

Charitable 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 area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

THE COMMONWEALTH

Contact information

Address:
UGANDA HOUSE
58-59 TRAFALGAR SQUARE
LONDON
WC2N 5DX
Phone:
02079761007
Email:
info@cmja.org
Website:

www.cmja.org Open in new window