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British and Irish Legal Information Institute

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £156k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.bailii.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
British and Irish Legal Information Institute
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£156k£200k
  • 2023£177k£196k
  • 2022£196k£224k
Earlier years
  • 2021£187k£233k
  • 2020£239k£222k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 21%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (1) TO PROMOTE THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW BY:- (A) THE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE SEARCHABLE AND REGULARLY-UPDATED INTERNET SITES ON WHICH ACCURATELY-RECORDED CASE LAW, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEGISLATION AND TREATIES FROM OR AFFECTING THE JURISDICTIONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND AND ASSOCIATED JURISDICTIONS ARE MAINTAINED TOGETHER WITH COMMENTARY ANALYSIS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF LINKS TO SIMILAR SOURCES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND (B) SUCH OTHER MEANS OF PROVIDING FREE OR INEXPENSIVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO LEGAL TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES OF ALL KINDS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND (2) TO ADVANCE LEGAL EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF LEGAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF

Grants received

3 grants · £116,110 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

6.6y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 11General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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 9Education 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£156k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1084803
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 27 DECEMBER 2000 as amended on 24 Jun 2022
Companies House
Company number 04131252 · Active
Contact on the register
02078625806
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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