Registered charity · Bristol
The Society of Legal Scholars in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- 30 trustees
- Income £304k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Brian Christopher JonesTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Can EkenTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Claire BessantTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Clare JamesTrustee · since 2025
- Dr David BarrettTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Desmond RyanTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Eloise EllisTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Gaofeng MengTrustee · since 2025
- Dr John PictonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Marek MartyniszynTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Niamh DunneTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Noreen O'MearaTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Peter DunneTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Philippa CollinsTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Rachael WalshTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Ruvi ZieglerTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Sarah WhiteTrustee · since 2024
- Prof Sarah WorthingtonTrustee · since 2013
- Professor Alan PatersonTrustee · since 2014
- Professor Anne DaviesTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Claudina RichardsTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Duncan Kenneth SheehanTrustee · since 2017
- Professor Joan LoughreyTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Nicola WakeTrustee · since 2019
- Professor Nigel Paul GravellsTrustee
- Professor Paul BeaumontTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Phillip JohnsonTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Rachel Cahill-O'CallaghanTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Simon SneddonTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Tanya AplinTrustee · since 2024
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
- Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.legalscholars.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1981
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£304k£314k
- 2024£310k£335k
- 2023£314k£311k
Earlier years
- 2022£265k£250k
- 2021£189k£144k
Charitable objects
ADVANCEMENT OF LEGAL EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.
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.
30 trustees on the board
- Dr Brian Christopher Jones since 2020
- Dr Can Eken since 2023
- Dr Claire Bessant since 2023
- Dr Clare James since 2025
- Dr David Barrett since 2025
- Dr Desmond Ryan since 2016
- Dr Eloise Ellis since 2021
- Dr Gaofeng Meng since 2025
- Dr John Picton since 2025
- Dr Marek Martyniszyn since 2017
- Dr Niamh Dunne since 2022
- Dr Noreen O'Meara since 2023
- Dr Peter Dunne since 2025
- Dr Philippa Collins since 2024
- Dr Rachael Walsh since 2022
- Dr Ruvi Ziegler since 2020
- Dr Sarah White since 2024
- Prof Sarah Worthington since 2013
- Professor Alan Paterson since 2014
- Professor Nigel Paul Gravells
- Professor Anne Davies since 2021
- Professor Claudina Richards since 2020
- Professor Duncan Kenneth Sheehan since 2017
- Professor Joan Loughrey since 2025
- Professor Nicola Wake since 2019
- Professor Paul Beaumont since 2022
- Professor Phillip Johnson since 2024
- Professor Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan since 2022
- Professor Simon Sneddon since 2025
- Professor Tanya Aplin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Desmond Ryan since 2016
- Dr Marek Martyniszyn since 2017
- Dr Ruvi Ziegler since 2020
- Prof Sarah Worthington since 2013
- Professor Alan Paterson since 2014
- Professor Duncan Kenneth Sheehan since 2017
- Professor Nicola Wake since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (27)
- Dr Brian Christopher Jones since 2020
- Dr Can Eken since 2023
- Dr Clare James since 2025
- Dr David Barrett since 2025
- Dr Desmond Ryan since 2016
- Dr Eloise Ellis since 2021
- Dr Gaofeng Meng since 2025
- Dr John Picton since 2025
- Dr Marek Martyniszyn since 2017
- Dr Niamh Dunne since 2022
- Dr Noreen O'Meara since 2023
- Dr Peter Dunne since 2025
- Dr Philippa Collins since 2024
- Dr Rachael Walsh since 2022
- Dr Ruvi Ziegler since 2020
- Dr Sarah White since 2024
- Prof Sarah Worthington since 2013
- Professor Alan Paterson since 2014
- Professor Nigel Paul Gravells
- Professor Anne Davies since 2021
- Professor Claudina Richards since 2020
- Professor Duncan Kenneth Sheehan since 2017
- Professor Joan Loughrey since 2025
- Professor Nicola Wake since 2019
- Professor Paul Beaumont since 2022
- Professor Phillip Johnson since 2024
- Professor Simon Sneddon since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Claire Bessant since 2023
- Professor Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan since 2022
- Professor Tanya Aplin since 2024
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 282719
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 25 FEBRUARY 2004 AS AMENDED 8 SEPTEMBER 2005 . as amended on 02 Sep 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07398 032393 · admin@legalscholars.ac.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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