LAWYERS AGAINST POVERTY

Charity number: 1189586
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To inspire lawyers to play a part in global justice and provide a means by which they can fulfil their duties as lawyers in society. To raise awareness of the impact on the relief of poverty that can be achieved through improved access to justice.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £196,539
Total expenditure: £112,454

People

11 Trustee(s)

15 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Ireland
  • Kenya
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 May 2020: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
12528830 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 handling
  • 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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
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

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Jonathan Gerald Spain Trustee 13 September 2024
LAW FOR LIFE: THE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC LEGAL EDUCATION
Received: On time
HELPLINES PARTNERSHIP
Received: On time
DAVID ISHAG SYNAGOGUE - NEVEH SHALOM SEPHARDI COMMUNITY
Received: On time
ALCOHOL RESEARCH UK
Received: On time
Omar Madhloom Trustee 02 May 2023
None on record
Adrian John Henderson Trustee 02 May 2023
None on record
Louise Mary Curd Trustee 05 November 2020
None on record
Caroline Ndindi Trustee 01 October 2020
None on record
Pascale Evelyn Genevieve Bird Trustee 04 June 2020
None on record
Francis Richard Ross Dyton LLM, MSc Trustee 04 June 2020
None on record
Kirsty Helen Wilson Trustee 04 June 2020
None on record
Nicola Rose Arthur Elliott LLM Trustee 04 June 2020
None on record
NAOMI ANNE PASSMAN Trustee 20 March 2020
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Received: On time
JONATHAN STIRLING SAUNDERS Trustee 20 March 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £89.25k £98.64k £90.94k £196.54k
Total expenditure £48.70k £77.93k £74.60k £112.45k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 31 March 2024 20 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 20 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 08 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 08 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 10 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 10 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 15 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 15 December 2021 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 INCORPORATED 20 MAR 2020

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 2.1 TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY, 2.2 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR WHERE TO DO SO CONTRIBUTES TO THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY; 2.3 TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF FURTHERING OBJECTS 2.1 AND 2.2 ABOVE; 2.4 TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF FURTHERING OBJECTS 2.1 AND 2.2 ABOVE: IN ALL CASES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. HUMAN RIGHTS MEANS HUMAN RIGHTS AS DEFINED BY THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS.

Contact information

Address:
No information available
Phone:
02079191000
Email:
admin@lawyersagainstpoverty.org
Website:

https://lawyersagainstpoverty.org Open in new window