Registered charity · London
Solicitors PRO Bono Group
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.lawworks.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Solicitors PRO Bono Group
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.0m£845k
- 2023£1.0m£1.1m
- 2022£1.2m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.1m£1.0m
- 2020£1.0m£984k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A)(I) TO PROMOTE THE UPHOLDING AND PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW BY: ENCOURAGING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING SOLICITORS AND FIRMS OF SOLICITORS AND THEIR STAFFS IN THE PROVISION OF PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES; AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SOLICITORS AND FIRMS OF SOLICITORS AND THEIR STAFFS UNDERTAKING OR INTENDING TO UNDERTAKE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES; (II) TO ENCOURAGE, SUPPORT AND ADVISE SOLICITORS TO UNDERTAKE CHARITABLE VOLUNTARY WORK IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW, EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY WORK AND OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY; AND (III) TO PROVIDE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES. (B) IN CLAUSE 3.A. "PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES" MEANS: (I) LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION AND OTHER LEGAL SERVICES BY INDIVIDUAL SOLICITORS, FIRMS OF SOLICITORS AND THEIR STAFFS AT A SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED OR NO COST TO INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR INADEQUATE MEANS CANNOT AFFORD SUCH LEGAL ADVICE, REPRESENTATION OR SERVICES; AND (II) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF SUCH SERVICES.
Grants received
32 grants · £3,143,960 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,125,862 (7 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £694,100 (4 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £508,586 (5 grants)
- Trust for London · £331,709 (5 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £219,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Deborah Smith since 2022
- Emma Rehal-Wilde since 2019
- Emma Tunstall since 2025
- Gemma Watts since 2018
- Ian Jeffery since 2022
- James Goldsmith KC since 2018
- Lord Peter Goldsmith KC PC since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Emma Rehal-Wilde since 2019
- Gemma Watts since 2018
- James Goldsmith KC since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Deborah Smith since 2022
- Emma Rehal-Wilde since 2019
- Emma Tunstall since 2025
- Gemma Watts since 2018
- Ian Jeffery since 2022
- James Goldsmith KC since 2018
- Lord Peter Goldsmith KC PC since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
11.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.5 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1064274
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29TH JULY 1997
- Companies House
- Company number 03410932 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02070923942 · info@lawworks.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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