The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

LAW Centres Federation

Registered charity 1088588 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (5)

13
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 14Education/training 12Disability 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 16Professional services 6Business services 4

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£1.1m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.4 in 2021

12 from 12 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.lawcentres.org.uk
Emailinfo@lawcentres.org.uk
Phone020 36371330
Address1 Lady Hale Gate, Gray's Inn, LONDON, WC1X 8BS

Finances

£1,123,275 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,570,760£4,424,990
2022£1,057,608£1,227,117
2023£912,591£1,069,258
2024£1,096,978£1,064,592
2025£1,123,275£1,074,401

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityThe 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 GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE CHARITABLE NEED, IN PARTICULAR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AND IN SO DOING PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO LAW CENTRES AND ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF LAW CENTRES IN TH UNITED KINGDOM. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ASSISTING LAW CENTRES IN IMPROVING AND DIFFUSING KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE PRACTICE OF THE LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, HAVING REGARD ESPECIALLY TO THOSE AREAS OF THE LAW WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO POOR PEOPLE OR ARE DIRECTED TO THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/10/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 NOV 2016 as amended on 08 Nov 2019 as amended on 08 Nov 2019 as amended on 08 Nov 2019 as amended on 15 Dec 2022 as amended on 21 Nov 2025 as amended on 07 Apr 2025

Trustees (14)

14trustees
58median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

LAW Centres Federation · 02433492 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/10/1989

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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