The Society of Legal Scholars in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Analysis

The Society of Legal Scholars in the United Kingdom and Ireland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Society of Legal Scholars in the United Kingdom and Ireland reported income of £304k and spending of £314k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £189k to £304k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Society of Legal Scholars in the United Kingdom and Ireland sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old London Road Pre School (£304k), The Purple Playhouse (£305k) and The a Project (£304k).