Overall GiG Score: 24 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 17
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +14

JUSTICE 

Justice is an all-party organisation working to advance access to justice, human rights and the rule of law.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 27 years

www.justice.org.uk

admin@justice.org.uk

02073295100

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
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
31/03/23£2,866£1,126£1,740£150£2,647£4965.319273
31/03/22£900£984£-84£108£916£493619273
31/03/21£911£958£-47£97£995£180.220194
31/03/20£964£932£32£112£1,010£5657.3200
31/03/19£901£838£63£179£1,002£5537.9160
31/03/18£956£703£253£143£936£4878.3130
31/03/17£582£676£-95£152£685£1943.4130
31/03/16£615£570£45£102£762£2605.5100
31/03/15£569£518£50£151£721£2205.180
31/03/14£358£434£-75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£320£408£-88£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£265£402£-137£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£393£452£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£328£431£-103£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£337£376£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£769£398£371£54£1,141£48414.660
31/03/07£444£454£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£363£434£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£592£493£99£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£463£560£-98£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 26%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 19%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 25 months
Quick Ratio: 7.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 19 employees
  • 273 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£128,119
Dulverton Trust£106,200
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£71,597
The Legal Education Foundation£70,000
Ministry of Justice£60,000
Trust for London£46,500
JRSST-CT£30,094
The Bromley Trust£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
JRSST-CT - The State of the UK: Addressing Challenges to the Rule of Law
£30,094 30/03/2023
to support a programme of advocacy over the duration of this Parliamentary session and the early years of the next Government which will aim to ameliorate the current challenges to the rule of law, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Reforming Home Office immigration schemes – lessons learned from Windrush
£8,119 18/01/2023
JUSTICE is a law reform and human rights organisation, carrying out research to generate and evaluate recommendations to reform the justice system. With this grant, JUSTICE will support the Home ....more
Trust for London - Justice
£1,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.06.2020-8651
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards a project aiming to improve decision-making in prisons.
£30,000 04/07/2022
JUSTICE is a law reform and human rights charity working to generate practical, workable recommendations for procedural reform. This is a two year grant restricted to their work around improving ....more
The Legal Education Foundation - Constitution, Rights and Democracy – Defending the rule of law, access to justice and human rights
£70,000 15/06/2022
Carrying out analysis and advocacy of government proposals for constitutional reform in relation to rule of law principles, access to justice and protection of individual rights.
Dulverton Trust - Core funding
£70,000 08/06/2022
Core funding
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Reforming Home Office immigration schemes – lessons learned from Windrush
£120,000 09/05/2022
JUSTICE is a law reform and human rights organisation, carrying out research to generate and evaluate recommendations to reform the justice system. With this grant, JUSTICE will support the Home ....more
Ministry of Justice - Administrative Justice Council
£20,000 01/04/2021
To contribute to the funding of the secretariat to the Administrative Justice Council.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Justice
£71,597 28/11/2020
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Defending the rule of law, access to justice and human rights
Dulverton Trust - Internship and Career Progression Programme for Disadvantaged Graduates
£36,200 21/10/2020
Internship and Career Progression Programme for Disadvantaged Graduates
Trust for London - Justice
£45,000 14/10/2020
36
This funding is for the provision of a secretariat function to the UK’s only advisory body on administrative justice, bringing together the judiciary, civil service, government, ombudsman schemes ....more
Ministry of Justice - Administrative Justice Council
£20,000 01/04/2020
This Grant is to support the funding of the Administrative Justice Council’s secretariat.
Ministry of Justice - Administrative Justice Council
£20,000 01/10/2019
To contribute to the funding of the secretariat to the Administrative Justice Council.
The Blagrave Trust - BAME disp. inquiry
£30,000 16/07/2019
BAME disp. inquiry
Ministry of Justice - Administrative Justice Council
£20,000 01/10/2018
To contribute to the funding of the secretariat to the Administrative Justice Council.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to JUSTICE
£20,000 24/04/2018
£20,000 towards core costs. JUSTICE is an all-party law reform organisation working to strengthen the justice system. It is a membership organisation (primarily of the legal profession) and carries ....more
Ministry of Justice - Administrative Justice Council
£15,000 01/10/2017
To set up and provide the secretariat to a new body called the Administrative Justice Council, which will provide independent oversight of the administrative justice and tribunals system.
Trust for London - Justice
£45,000 15/06/2017
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The funding is towards hosting the UKs only advisory body on administrative justice, bringing together senior representatives of the judiciary, civil service, government, ombudsmen and end user ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Immigration and Asylum Tribunal Reform Working Party
£100,000 08/05/2017
18
Through this grant, JUSTICE – a law reform and human rights organisation – will establish a working group on immigration and asylum to make recommendations to government as it seeks to modernise ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to JUSTICE
£15,000 24/01/2017
£15,000 towards work strengthening the UK justice system. JUSTICE is an all-party law reform organisation working to strengthen the justice system. It is a membership organisation (primarily of the ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Promoting a fair, accessible justice system
£10,000 20/10/2015
£10,000 towards core costs
AB Charitable Trust - Guide to judicial review amendments
£4,500 26/06/2015
£4,500 towards the costs of producing a guide to JR amendments
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Justice
£4,000 07/05/2015
To produce briefing materials and hold a roundtable event for lawyers, judges and charities about new arrangements for judicial review.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/1996, number: 1058580
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/06/1996, number: 03216897
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from INTERMEDIARIES FOR COMMUNICATION on 08/08/2023
Main office

JUSTICE
2nd Floor
Lincoln House
296-302 High Holborn
LONDON

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE SOUND DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (A) BY PROMOTING EDUCATION AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE LAW, INCLUDING CURRENT AND PROPOSED PRACTICE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW, AS THE EXECUTIVE BOARD THINKS FIT, AND BY PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; (B) BY PROVIDING SPECIALIST LEGAL ADVICE IN RELATION TO THE LAW AND LEGAL PROCEDURES PARTICULARLY IN CASES WHERE IT IS APPREHENDED THAT A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE HAS TAKEN PLACE; (C) BY PROVIDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN LEGAL REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY IN CASES WHERE IT IS APPREHENDED THAT A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE HAS TAKEN PLACE; SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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