The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Public LAW Project

Registered charity 1003342 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

2.3y median 1y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 13Other Charitable Purposes 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 13

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 13Education 4Health and social care 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.7 in 2021

27 from 26 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.publiclawproject.org.uk
Emailcontact@publiclawproject.org.uk
Phone020 7843 1260
AddressPublic Law Project, Canopi, 82 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3GN

Finances

£1,968,209 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,945,129£1,390,618
2022£2,036,931£1,959,326
2023£1,879,833£2,084,265
2024£2,127,331£2,172,022
2025£1,968,209£1,979,641

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO SECURE ACCESS TO AND THE BENEFIT AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC LAW AND GOOD ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE FOR THOSE IN NEED OF THE SAME BUT TO WHOM BY REASON OF POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE OR DISCRIMINATION, THE SAME ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE OR ACCESSIBLE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH. APRIL 1989, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28TH. MAY 1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 DEC 2018

Trustees (13)

13trustees
44median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Public LAW Project · 02368562 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/04/1989

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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