The Law Society Charity

Analysis

The Law Society Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Law Society Charity reported income of £111k and spending of £37k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £59k to £111k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 205%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Law Society Charity sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Victory House, Rochdale (£111k), Kings Church Marshes Trust (£111k) and World Wide Welfare (WWW) (£111k).