Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

COMMONWEALTH MAGISTRATES' AND JUDGES' ASSOCIATION

to advance the administration of the law by promoting the independence of the judiciary through education in the law, disseminate of information within the Commonwealth.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 31 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/04/23£319£268£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/22£146£129£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/21£101£148£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/20£235£223£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/19£362£266£96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/18£255£174£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/17£176£139£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/16£245£154£91n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/15£163£132£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/14£145£148£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/13£195£163£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/12£146£134£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/11£153£152£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/10£224£168£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/09£171£180£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/08£107£106£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/07£325£267£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/06£76£86£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/05£76£91£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/04£77£53£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 36 years
(39 years as a company)

www.cmja.org

info@cmja.org

02079761007

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Scientific research and testing services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (31)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-83
  • ANDREW CHRISTIE NORMAND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Judge/Sheriff (Retired)
  • DAVID ARMATI Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Magistrate
  • DAME MAURA PATRICIA MCGOWAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Judge
  • DR EI SUN OH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant
  • DR JOHN GERALD FAROUK CAREY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director, Centre For Judicial Excellence
  • HIS HON. FELIX DATSOMOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Magistrate
  • HIS HONOUR CHESTER CROOKS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Judge
  • HIS HONOUR RICHARD COGSWELL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: District Judge
  • HIS WORSHIP GODWIN CHUKWUMA IBEMESI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Magistrate
  • HON. JOHN VERTES, Occupation: Judge
  • JUDGE TIM WORKMAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: None
  • JUSTICE CHARLES MKANDAWIRE, Occupation: None
  • JUSTICE LYNNE LEITCH (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Justice-Superior Court Of Ontario
  • JUSTICE NORMA WADE MILLER
  • JUSTICE RICHARD WILLIAMS, Occupation: Judge
  • JACKLINE KAGOYA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Magistrate
  • JUSTICE B RAJENDRAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Judge Of The High Court
  • JUSTICE EMMANUEL EKUNDAYO ROBERTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Judge
  • JUSTICE ILVIN CLAUD MUGETA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: High Court Judge
  • JUSTICE WINSTON HORATIO DELANO PATTERSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Supreme Court Judge
  • LORD HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD
  • LINDA BRADFORD-MORGAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Magistrate
  • MATANKISO MOLIEHI NTHUNYA Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Magistrate
  • MR JUSTICE GRAEME STEUART MEW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Judge
  • MRS SYBIL ROACH-TENNENT Appointed: 2013
  • NCHIMUNYA CHIMPONDE SIMAUBI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Magistrate
  • SURIYAKUMAR ARANIYASUNDARAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant
  • SHERIFF DONALD STEVENSON CORKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Judge/Sheriff
  • THE HON JUDGE SANDRA OXNER, Occupation: Retired
  • THE RT HON. JUSTICE JAMES MICHAEL DINGEMANS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Judge
  • TYRONE LANCELOT CHIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Magistrate
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/12/1988, number: 800367
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/08/1985, number: 01942930
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

UGANDA HOUSE
58-59 TRAFALGAR SQUARE
LONDON
WC2N 5DX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW AND THE RULE OF LAW BY PROMOTING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY WITHIN THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE LAW, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND LITERATURE ON ALL MATTERS OF INTEREST CONCERNING THE LEGAL PROCESS WITHIN THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHICH SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE ALL COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHETHER SELF GOVERNING OR NOTE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE COMMONWEALTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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