# BAR PRO BONO UNIT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1057620
- **Other names:** ADVOCATE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 19, 1996
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1057620


## Contact

- **Address:** Advocate, IDRC, 1 Paternoster Lane, LONDON
- **Phone:** 02070923960
- **Email:** enquiries@weareadvocate.org.uk
- **Website:** www.weareadvocate.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION IN RELATION TO THE PROSECUTION OR DEFENCE OF ACTIONS BEFORE THE COURTS AND TRIBUNALS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OR THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR INADEQUATE MEANS ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES.

**Activities:** The Bar Pro Bono Unit is a charity which helps to find pro bono (free) legal assistance from volunteer barristers throughout England and Wales.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £1186877 | £1131350 | £709478 | 23 |
| June 30, 2024 | £1059492 | £1038863 | £653951 | 24 |
| June 30, 2023 | £999569 | £980946 | £633322 | 23 |
| June 30, 2022 | £962792 | £914371 | £614699 | 18 |
| March 31, 2021 | £865419 | £562478 | £566278 | 15 |



## Trustees

- **Sharif Asim Shivji** (Chair) — appointed March 4, 2014
- Conall Patton QC — appointed June 12, 2020
- David Philip Joseph QC — appointed Feb. 1, 2022
- Eleanor Holland — appointed June 12, 2020
- Judith Elizabeth Ogden — appointed Nov. 15, 2023
- Lisa Debora Watts — appointed May 13, 2024
- Malvika Jaganmohan — appointed Nov. 16, 2023
- Natasha Jane Bellinger — appointed Sept. 26, 2022
- Paul Joseph Wilson — appointed May 13, 2024
- Rajinder Singh Gataora — appointed May 15, 2023
- Richard George Wheeler — appointed Sept. 26, 2022
- Richard Hazim Khaldi — appointed May 13, 2024
- Sarah Katherine Abram-Lloyd — appointed Feb. 1, 2022