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Lawyers Against Poverty

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £156k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and more
Website
lawyersagainstpoverty.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Lawyers Against Poverty
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£156k£207k
  • 2024£197k£112k
  • 2023£91k£75k
Earlier years
  • 2022£99k£78k
  • 2021£89k£49k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1 TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY,2.2 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR WHERE TO DO SO CONTRIBUTES TO THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;2.3 TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF FURTHERING OBJECTS 2.1 AND 2.2 ABOVE;2.4 TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF FURTHERING OBJECTS 2.1 AND 2.2 ABOVE:IN ALL CASES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.HUMAN RIGHTS MEANS HUMAN RIGHTS AS DEFINED BY THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS.

Grants received

2 grants · £29,790 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 · £29,790 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-02-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7902022-03-18
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.

5.1y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

11
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10Economic/community Development/employment 1Other Charitable Purposes 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 15Professional services 5Health and social care 4

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£156k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1189586
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 MAR 2020
Companies House
Company number 12528830 · Active
Contact on the register
02079191000 · admin@lawyersagainstpoverty.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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