Inner Temple Benefactors Scholarship Fund
Analysis
Inner Temple Benefactors Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Inner Temple Benefactors Scholarship Fund reported income of £167k and spending of £253k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £130k to £167k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Inner Temple Benefactors Scholarship Fund sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yarburgh Community Preschool (£167k), HRH the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences (£167k) and Lake Street Nursery and Pre-School CIO (£167k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Fund provides scholarships and prizes to members of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple training to become barristers. Awards are also made to barristers and advocates from the UK and overseas to spend time in other countries learning about their judicial administration.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Yarburgh Community Preschool | West Sussex | £167k |
| HRH the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences | London | £167k |
| Lake Street Nursery and Pre-School CIO | Oxford | £167k |
| The Spowers Charitable Trust | Windlesham | £167k |