Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
Activities - how the charity spends its moneyWe are an independent grant-making foundation operating across the UK to build a society that fosters the principles of justice and fairness, where people understand and use law to bring about positive change and to prevent harm, and where public systems and structures uphold the rule of law.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £262,474,000 available, equivalent to 215 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There is a pension deficit of £2,103,000
Established: 48 years
(54 years as a company)

http://thelegaleducationfoundation.org

secretary@thelef.org

02030055695

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/22£5,150£14,670£-9,520£0£265,148£262,474214.7200
30/06/21£5,308£11,043£-5,735£0£294,785£289,229314.3180
30/06/20£10,298£7,503£2,795£0£251,888£245,678392.9140
30/06/19£7,906£7,705£201£0£256,512£256,171399140
30/06/18£4,581£9,712£-5,131£0£253,495£253,226312.9130
30/06/17£3,969£6,326£-2,357£0£250,114£250,013474.3120
30/06/16£3,849£5,719£-1,870£0£218,663£218,386458.2110
30/06/15£3,782£5,148£-1,366£77£209,401£209,096487.480
30/06/14?£1,591£2,886£-1,295£89£203,474£203,414845.870
31/07/13£149,412£33,962£115,450£75£196,344£196,34469.41340
31/07/12£69,582£69,036£546£85£76,839£76,83913.47990
31/07/11£74,357£65,225£9,132£78£97,101£97,10117.98620
31/07/10£73,113£62,978£10,135£69£86,925£86,92516.68680
31/07/09£71,115£52,660£18,455£69£77,238£77,23817.68500
31/07/08£56,238£52,448£3,790£53£69,320£69,32015.97800
31/07/07£49,591£47,795£1,796£51£69,882£69,88217.57270
31/07/06£47,880£43,844£4,036£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£46,136£39,672£6,464£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£44,755£38,239£6,516£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 20%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 328%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 214.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 20 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
AB Charitable Trust£760,000
Tudor Trust£450,000
City Bridge Trust£320,000
Trust for London£250,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£100,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - The Legal Education Foundation
£250,000 05/05/2022
The funding is for a cohort of Justice First Fellows (JFFs) to be based in social welfare legal agencies specialising in addressing employment law needs in London.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Legal Education Foundation
£135,000 26/04/2022
A restricted grant of £270,000 over 2 years towards the Justice First Fellowship programme (year 1 of 2). The Justice First Fellowships scheme supports social justice lawyers to complete their ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Justice Collaborations
£450,000 04/08/2020
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over three years as a contribution to the Justice Together Initiative, a UK funder collaboration working to ensure that people who use the immigration system have access to justice and quality legal ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Legal Education Foundation
£250,000 28/04/2020
A restricted grant of £250,000 over 2 years (£125,000; £125,000) towards the costs of four Justice First Fellows (based at Merseyside Law Centre, Plymouth Citizens Advice, Central England Law ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Justice Together Initiative
£100,000 25/04/2020
To increase access to justice on immigration issues in the UK.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Justice Collaboration
£125,000 02/07/2019
£125k towards the justice initiative (this grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). This pooled fund aims to create more capacity for delivery of free immigraton advice through casework/ ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Legal Education Foundation
£320,000 09/05/2019
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£320,000 over three years (£80,000; £160,000; £80,000) towards the costs of providing 6 Justice First Fellowships in London.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Legal Education Foundation
£250,000 30/04/2019
A restricted grant of £250,000 over 2 years (£125,000, £125,000) towards the costs of six Justice First Fellows (based at Just for Kids Law, Howard League for Penal Reform, Hammersmith and Fulham ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Conference: Brexit, the Constitution and Policy-Making in the UK
£7,500 04/07/2018
4
The overarching goal of the conference is to promote understanding of the constitution, rule of law principles, and legislative frameworks and processes in the UK during and after exit from the EU. ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to The Legal Education Foundation
£150,000 26/02/2018
24
For support of the next phase of development of the Justice First Fellowship for trainee lawyers in public interest law
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Legal Education Foundation
£3,000 27/04/2017
As requested by the donor towards legal representation for people on low/no incomes.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Legal Education Foundation
£40,000 01/02/2017
£40,000 over 2 years (£20k, £20k) towards a Justice First Fellow at Public Law Project. The Justice First Fellowships programme provides two year training contracts, for new social justice lawyers ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to The Legal Education Foundation
£120,000 03/08/2016
19
For support of the next phase of development of the Justice First Fellowship for trainee lawyers in public interest law.
AB Charitable Trust - Trainee contract for social welfare/immigration law trainee at Liberty
£40,000 30/06/2016
£40,000 over 2 years (£20k, £20k) towards a Justice First Fellow at Liberty
Quartet Community Foundation - Fellowship at Avon & Bristol Law Centre
£3,000 06/04/2016
As requested by the donor towards funding the Justice First Fellowship at Avon & Bristol Law Centre.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Early Action Funders' Alliance
£6,000 13/10/2014
To match fund the core costs of establishing and running the Early Action Funders' Alliance.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Legal Education Foundation
£200,000 10/09/2014
Towards a fellowship programme aimed at increasing the capacity of social welfare law agencies to support disadvantaged people needing legal advice.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/05/1976, number: 271297
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000126
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

15, Alfred Place
London
WC1E 7EB

Objectives

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE FOUNDATION IS CONSTITUTED IS TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE STUDY OF LAW IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, AND THE SOUND DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF LAW

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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