CENTRE FOR CRIMINAL APPEALS

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to APPEAL (Centre for Criminal Appeals)
£22,000	21/08/2023	An unrestricted grant of £22,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. APPEAL seeks to fight miscarriages of justice, by representing ....more An unrestricted grant of £22,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. APPEAL seeks to fight miscarriages of justice, by representing victims of unsafe convictions and unfair sentences and campaigning alongside them and their families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting victims of miscarriages of justice and their families
£10,000	03/02/2023	The funding will be used to provide peer-to peer support to those who have been wrongly convicted of a crime. The project aims to reduce isolation for the accused and their families.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to APPEAL
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to APPEAL
£56,419	18/11/2022	Grant to APPEAL towards work to influence reform in the criminal justice system.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to APPEAL (Centre for Criminal Appeals)
£20,000	06/10/2022	An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). APPEAL seeks to fight miscarriages of justice, they represent victims of unsafe convictions and unfair sentences ....more An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). APPEAL seeks to fight miscarriages of justice, they represent victims of unsafe convictions and unfair sentences by campaigning alongside them and their families.
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2021
£122,394	24/03/2021	A grant to APPEAL to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8.
The Legal Education Foundation - Civil debt – poverty is not a crime
£30,000	11/11/2020	Supporting women facing prosecution in light of the government's decision to decriminalise non-payment of TV licences, whilst campaigning to ensure that the new system is fair and proportionate for ....more Supporting women facing prosecution in light of the government's decision to decriminalise non-payment of TV licences, whilst campaigning to ensure that the new system is fair and proportionate for women in poverty.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to APPEAL (formerly Centre for Criminal Appeals)
£336,042	16/12/2019 36	To support the work of the Women's Justice Initiative at APPEAL over a period of three years. Yr1: £59,872; Yr2: £135,941; Yr3: £140,229
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to APPEAL
£126,392	19/11/2019 36	To tackle imprisonment for debt through: • repealing the law which currently allows for imprisonment for council tax non-payment • changing Capita’s policy regarding non-payment of TV licence ....more To tackle imprisonment for debt through: • repealing the law which currently allows for imprisonment for council tax non-payment • changing Capita’s policy regarding non-payment of TV licence fees and how they apply the public interest test to prosecute, to decrease the gender disparity in prosecutions • getting 99 councils to committee to amend contracts with bailiffs to remove the threat of imprisonment
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to APPEAL (formerly Centre for Criminal Appeals)
£2,880	15/07/2019	For the opinion of a barrister on a particular case
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Centre for Criminal Appeals
£10,000	15/10/2018	£10,000 towards core costs. Centre for Criminal Appeals is a law charity which aims to fight miscarriages of justice through investigation, litiation and advocacy.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Centre for Criminal Appeals
£20,000	23/04/2018 1	To host a retreat for the families that the CCA are supporting
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Centre for Criminal Appeals
£5,250	14/11/2016 42	Evaluation costs for ongoing strategic litigation project challenging inappropriate imprisonment of female offenders.
AB Charitable Trust - Free innocent prisoners, reform the system
£10,000	25/10/2016	£10,000 towards core costs
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Strategic Litigation
£262,057	25/11/2015 42	To use strategic litigation to challenge the overuse of custodial sentencing of women for minor, non-violent crimes and to set legal precedents which other professionals in the field can use to ....more To use strategic litigation to challenge the overuse of custodial sentencing of women for minor, non-violent crimes and to set legal precedents which other professionals in the field can use to implement widespread changes in practice that result in fewer women being sent to prison.

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Trustees (5)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/10/2011, number: 1144162
• Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2011, number: 07556168

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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Main office

72-75 Red Lion Street (6th Floor)
LONDON
WC1R 4NA

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PRISONERS AND OTHER CONVICTED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY A. PROVIDING INVESTIGATION SERVICES, LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING APPEALS OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES VIA APPLICATIONS TO THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION AND THE COURT OF APPEAL B. supporting victims of miscarriages of justice and their families with surviving these injustices including facilitation of a peer support network, as well as support including therapeutic, financial and in kind support. 2. PROMOTING THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: A. PROVIDING INVESTIGATION SERVICES, LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING APPEALS OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES VIA APPLICATIONS TO THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION AND THE COURT OF APPEAL TO PERSONS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO AFFORD THEM. B. INFORMING AND EDUCATING CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY MAKERS, INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING AUTHORITIES, THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT ANY SYSTEMIC ISSUES WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO AVOID UNSAFE CONVICTIONS. C. supporting victims of miscarriages of justice and their families in the development of skills to advocate for justice in their own right.