PRO BONO COMMUNITY

Charity number: 1153220
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Pro Bono Community seeks to improve access to justice by providing specialist training in legal advice and social welfare law to lawyers, trainees and students and then coordinating, managing and monitoring placements for them as volunteers at Law Centres and advice agencies including PBC's own remote appeals advice clinic.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £101,437
Total expenditure: £120,018

People

6 Trustee(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
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 02 August 2013: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Livia Velicu Chair 19 April 2019
None on record
Kanav Kothari Trustee 23 April 2025
None on record
Claire Marsh Trustee 19 April 2023
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST
Received: On time
Omar Qadir Trustee 28 September 2021
None on record
Daniel Laking Trustee 24 September 2019
None on record
The Honourable Mr Justice ADAM JOHNSON Trustee 17 January 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £136.61k £116.82k £152.18k £175.66k £101.44k
Total expenditure £114.26k £144.16k £154.64k £159.45k £120.02k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A 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 August 2024 05 June 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 05 June 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 28 June 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 28 June 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 29 June 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 29 June 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 16 June 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 16 June 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 10 May 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 10 May 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.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 02 AUG 2013 AMENDED ON 11 APR 2016

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE STUDY OF LAW; (B) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF EFFECTIVE LEGAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF LAW MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT THOSE IN POVERTY OR NEED AND TO THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN POVERTY OR NEED AND THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD TO PAY FOR SUCH ADVICE; AND (C) THE PROMOTION OF THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW.

Contact information

Address:
93 Tabernacle Street
LONDON
EC2A 4BA
Phone:
02070923957
Email:
info@probonocommunity.org.uk
Website:

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