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Registered charity · London

The Access to Justice Foundation

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £13m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Cassandra Harrison.

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

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.accesstojusticefoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Access to Justice Foundation
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£13m£16m
  • 2023£11m£7.3m
  • 2022£7.1m£7.4m
Earlier years
  • 2021£7.7m£7.3m
  • 2020£12m£11m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 45%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT (INCLUDING SUCH FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS IS ENVISAGED BY SECTION 194 OF THE LEGAL SERVICES ACT 2007 AS AMENDED OR RE-ENACTED FROM TIME TO TIME) TO PERSONS WHO PROVIDE, OR ORGANISE OR FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF, LEGAL ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE (BY WAY OF REPRESENTATION OR OTHERWISE) WHICH IS FREE OF CHARGE (THAT IS, OTHERWISE THAN FOR OR IN EXPECTATION OF FEE, GAIN OR REWARD) AND WHICH IS PROVIDED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND3.2 THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AIMED AT IMPROVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

38 grants · £62,358,190 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000,000
  • Ministry of Justice · £27,783,190 (14 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,400,000
  • LEF · £798,000 (2 grants)
  • A B Charitable Trust · £396,000 (5 grants)

Most recent

Grants given

597 grants · £64,845,831 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 recipients

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10

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 10Business services 2Education 1

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£13.3m latest income
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.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

15 from 12 in 2020
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1126147
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 OCTOBER 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 MAY 2018 as amended on 04 Apr 2020
Companies House
Company number 06714178 · Active
Contact on the register
02045228400 · enquiries@atjf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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