British and Irish Legal Information Institute

Analysis

British and Irish Legal Information Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04131252). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British and Irish Legal Information Institute reported income of £198k and spending of £203k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £187k to £198k (+5.6%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British and Irish Legal Information Institute sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shotley Kidzone (£198k), Busy Bees Ledbury (£198k) and Perry Foundation (£198k).

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.