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INTRODUCTION
The Trustees are pleased to present their report and the audited financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2021.
The Trustees confirm that the annual report and fin3nci21 statements of
the Charity comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements
of the Charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement
of Recomrmended Practice for Charities ISORP 20151 (Second Edition,
effective l January 2019).
In the year to December 2021, there were
over 64, 194 enquiries at independent
clinics across England and Wales
supported by Lawworks. These enquiries
resulted in 48,477 people being given legal
advice and a further 15,596 were provided
with Eeneral information, referral to other
Services or, where eligi ble, to lesal aid
providers.
Lawworks provides services and support
for our members, but our activities
also benefit many more organisations
and services. For example, Lawworks
faci litated pro bono legal advice for smaller
charities and not-for-profits which in turn
worked with or supported over 1,372,000
individualsduringtheyear.
Our ultimate beneficiaries are those who
would otherwise be unable to access
justice. The experience and feedback of
people accessing clinics in the Lawworks
clinics network underli nes research
demonstrating that timely access to advice
can have positive benefits, i ncluding to
physical and mental health and wellbeing.
An inabil ity to access legal advice can
result in problems worsening and
escalating.
The objects ofthe Charityare-
To promote the upholding and proper
administration of the law by..
encouraging, supporting and advising
lavvyers and their staff in the provision
of pro bono legal sen/ices', and
advancing the education and training of
lavwrfers and their staff undertaking or
intending to undertake pro bono legal
services.
to encourage, support and advise
lawrfers and their staff to undertake
charitable voluntary work in the
administration of the law, education,
social services, communitywork and
other charitable activities for the
benefit ofthe community.
to provide pro bono legal services.
ene
When planning and reviewing Lawworks,
activities for the year, the Trustees have
considered the Charity Commission's
guidance on public benefit. Lawworks,
charitable activities focus on enabling
individuals and charities and not-for-profit
organisations to access pro bono legal
advice, information and support.



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OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES
Covid-19
to pay.,
Connecting smaller charities and not
for profit organisations with pro bono
legal services and enabling them to
deliver their mission.,
Addressing barriers to pro bono and
addi ng our voice for policy change and
pursuing access tojustice for 311.,
Enhancing our i mpact through
organisational efficiencies, leadership
and developing our people.
During the year Lawworks (with the
support of expert external consultants)
concluded an audit of equal ity, diversity
and inclusion practices in the organisation.
Following on from this,we have renewed
our committment to sustai ning a fair, open
and inclusive culture.
The ongoing pandemic continued to impact
during the year, including for our staff
and volunteers, our members, pro bono
clinics and not-for-profit organisations.
The pandemic disproportionately
affected vulnerable and disadvantaged
individuals and communities, i ncludi ng
those supported by clinics, not-for-profits
and our in-house solicitors and volunteer5
delivering our'secondary 5pecialisation'
projects.
Despite the ongoing challenges of the
pandemic, Lawworks was able to deliver
effectively on the strategic objectives and
business plan.
About Lawworks
L2wWorks promotes, supports 2nd
facil itates pro bono legal services that
extend access to the law for individuals and
communities in need and the organisations
that supportthem. We champion pro
bono because of the positive contribution
and difference it makes for individLials,
communities and society.
We work lin England and Wales) with the
solicitors, profession and our members,
the Law Societyof England and Wales,
law schools and13W Students, law centres,
advice agencies and others to develop and
support pro bono legal services, and to
promote access tojustice for all.
The current Lawworks strategy has the
following objectives..
Promoti ng, facilitating and developing
pro bono across the solicitors,
profession and at law schools in
England and Wales.,
Faci litating and supporting pro bono
legal services and access tOjUStice for
people in need and without the means
Lawworks staff continued to work from
home duringthe year; 3 phased return to
new office premises lat Lincoln House,
2nd floor, 296- 302 High Holborn,WCIV
7JHI began in September 2021.
About legal pro bono
Pro bono makes an important contri bution
towards enabl ing ind ividu3ls and
organisations lin p3rticul3r, smaller
charities and social enterprises) to access
legal support, advice and representation.
The overall contri bution of pro bono
may be relatively small, but its impact
and importance is significant. Legal pro
bono is not. and in Lawworks, view
should not be seen as, an alternative to an
adequately funded system of leg31 aid nor
an alternative for f und ing for local advice
agencies and law centres.
Changes to legal aid (introduced from April
20131 continue to have a significant impact
on many people's abil ity to access justice.
I n addition, financial austerity impacted on
the provision and availability of free legal
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to promote and support high standards 

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organisations that help people in need 

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- Nottingham Law School Legal 

- Advice Centre Bates Wells 

- Lucy Clifford, Travers Smith 

- Louise McCarthy, Sidley Austin Cardiff 

- Lawyers Care Advice Clinic Whitechapel Legal Advice Clinic 

- Clifford 

- Chance 

- Maternity 

- Action Pro Bono Partnership Pre-action Protocol Project 

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Partnership with DLA Piper, Deighton Pierce Glynn, Care4Calais and Human for Rights Network. 

We are grateful for the time and 



- Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre (Nottingham Trent University) 

- Cardiff Innocence Project 

- Student Team Leaders, Cardiff University Amanda Ignatia, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London The Protea 

- Clinic, King’s Legal Clinic, King’s College London 

   - Bangor Law School 

together different elements of support 

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who may be, or are, goingto a tribunal
or court without legal representation
this i ncludes online information and
resources (including the Advicemow
website run by Law for Lifel., access to
legal advice (provided by RCJ Advice
and clinics supported by Lawworksl,
emotional support and assistance when
in court or court settings Iprovided by
Support Through Court volunteers) and
representation (by volunteer barristers
through Advocate).
also been secured.
We encourage feedback from the
volunteers participating in the secondary
specialisation projects, including hosting
networkingand feedback events.
Pro Bono Connect
Pro Bono Connect is a schemewhich
faci litates collaboration between solicitors
and barristers working together pro bono
on civil matters for ind ividuals, charities
and community groups who cannot afford
legal advice or representation. Originally
set up in 2015 byjamie Goldsmith Qcof
One Essex Court Chambers, the successful
scheme came underthe governance of
Lawworks in 2019 and is supported by a
dedicated staff post. An executive group
supports the scheme and Advocate is a key
partner.
Secondary
specialisation
Our secondary specialis3tion projects
support the development of in-depth,
pro bono in are35 of social welfare13W.
This currently includes welfare benefits
representation (supporting volunteer
solicitors to represent individuals at I 1st
tier) social security benefit appeals),
an unpaid wages project, and'voices
for Fami lies,, with the charity Together
for Short Lives, supporting the parents
and carers of children with life-limiting
conditions. Our in-house 501icitors, who
are experienced experts in their field,
provide or facil it3te tailored training for
participating volunteers, and ongoing
support and supen/ision.
E)uringthe year, weworked with13W
firms to establ ish a new project to provide
bespoke pro bono supporton domestic
violence matters. The project, C311ed
the Domestic Abuse Response Alliance
IE)ARAI, was launched in February 2022,
receiving referrals f rom the National
Centre for E)omestic Violence INCEIVI
and supervision provided by leading family
law firm Beck Fitzgerald. The participating
firms make a fi nancial contribution to the
project and additional trust f unding has
Digital plafforms and
projects
A Significant development has been
Lawworks investment and supwrt
for a number of online and digital
projects, including the Pro Bono Portal
U K. Followi ng a successful pilot and
development stage (commencing in
20201, the Portal was formally launched
in November 2021 initiallyutilising
it for the Lawworks Not-for-Profits
Programtne. Originally developed by
Justice Connect i n Australia, their award-
winning portal has been adapted for use
in the UK linitiallyin England and Wales)
and other international jurisdictions. The
Portal connects lawyers with pro bono
opportunities f rom one place - efficiently,
simply and securely.
Lawworks is ambitious for the scale and
reach of the Portal, including organisations
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having direct access 2nd use for their own
pro bono requests and opportunities,
with the vision that it will be available to
all solicitors and other lawyers across
England and Wales- a nation21'one-stop
shop for accessing a range of pro bono
opwrtunities. In April 2022 the Portal won
a Leg21 Innovations Award Ifor'Disruptive
Technology oftheyear'l.
Duringtheyear Lawworks also continued
to develop Free Legal Answers, a website
which enables i ndividuals on low incomes
to access initial or one-off pro bono legal
advice. The project was supported by
agrantfrom the Ministryof Justice in
partnershi p with the Access to J ustice
Foundation.
Barriers to pro bono
and accessing justice
During the year, Lawworks continued
to seek to address barriers to pro bono
engagement and contribute a pro bono
'policy voice, to enable access tojustice.
Our policy work draws on the experience
and expertise of pro bono clinics, our
members, and partners. Working
collaboratively, we aim through our policy
work to..
communicate both the value and
contribution of pro bono and also its
limits.,
addres5 Systemic issues that tnay
result in the need for legal advice and
repr-esentation and create barriers to
access to justice.,
develop an evidence base on unmet
leg31 need, and best practice in pro
bono, using the insights, learning and
data from our programmes and projects.
Lawworks provides the Secretariatto the
All-party Parliamentary Group IAPPGI
on Pro Bono and Public Legal Education.
We engage with regulators, especially
the Solicitors Regulation Authority1SRAI
and the Legal Services Board ILSBI.
including on reform of solicitors training,
and regulation and the i mpl ications for
pro bono. During the year,we met with
theSRAtodiscuss issuesarisingfrom
the regulation of 'claims management
activities,, which resulted in new guidance
being published in May2022.
We PLiblished our annual Clinics
Network report, highlighting the work
2nd contribution of pro bonoclinics,
the support provided 2nd any newor
emergi ng issues lincludi ng ongoing
impacts of the pandemic).
Duringtheyear Lawworks also appointed
a dedicated staff resource to develop and
support The Jeanie Project, an onl ine tool
(developed by a charitywith the same
namel which assists in the collecting of
relevant i nformation for legal problems,
creating a brief for pro bono lawqers and
others.
Going forward, Lawworkswill continue to
explore how the different d igital platforms
and tools can be integrated, as well as
being committed to sharing learning with
others i n the sector.
E)uringtheyear, L3wWorks 31soworked
with the Law Society to establ ish a
centralised online platform to help
coordinate pro bono advice from the
profession in the event of a major incident,
includ ing terrorist attacks and civic
disasters such 35 the Grenfel l Tower fire.
In the event of a qual ifying major incident,
affected members ofthe public can
request free legal advice using a legal pro
bono platform.
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together a range of organisations from 

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minimum needed to ensure that the 

of the appeals for donations means that 

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ongoing funding and other support for our 

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every three months and hold an annual 


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- inappropriate to presume 

through training and support to improve 

- there is no relevant audit information 

preparing the Annual Report and the 

Alasdair Douglas Chair of Trustees 

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Honorary President Lord Phillips of Sudbury OBE TMF Global Services (UK) Limited 

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Alasdair Douglas I.Stephanie Boyce David Greene Robert Lay Caroline Parks Emma Rehal-Wilde Paul Tennant Gemma Watts 

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_The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland_ 

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misstatements in the Trustees’ Annual 

or a material misstatement of the other is a material misstatement of this other 


- the information given in the Trustees’ 


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- the trustees’ report and from the 

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and opportunities for fraudulent 

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to state to them in an Auditor’s report 

- Challenging assumptions and 

## **Lee Stokes** 

## 28 July 2022 

is also greater regarding irregularities 

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|**Notes**<br>**INCOME FROM**<br>Donations<br>2<br>Investments<br>Charitable activities<br>3<br>Other income<br>**TOTAL INCOME**<br>**EXPENDITURE ON**<br>Raising funds<br>Charitable activities:<br>Supporting and promoting pro bono<br>Enabling access to justice through<br>pro bono<br>Supporting not-for-profit organisations<br>**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**<br>4<br>**NET INCOME/NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**<br>Reconciliation of funds:<br>TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD<br>**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**Funds**<br>**Funds**<br>**2021**<br>**2021**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**79,088**<br>**-**<br>**79,088**<br>**4,416**<br>**-**<br>**4,416**<br>**476,067**<br>**540,854**<br>**1,016,921**<br>**10,000**<br>**-**<br>**10,000**|
|---|---|
||**569,571**<br>**540,854**<br>**1,110,425**|
||**62,838**<br>**-**<br>**62,838**<br>**342,296**<br>**46,903**<br>**389,199**<br>**20,707**<br>**480,180**<br>**500,887**<br>**47,662**<br>**32,750**<br>**80,412**|
||**473,503**<br>**559,833**<br>**1,033,336**|
||**96,068**<br>**(18,979)**<br>**77,089**|
||**715,300**<br>**34,940**<br>**750,240**|




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|**Notes**<br>**FIXED ASSETS**<br>Tangible assets<br>8<br>**CURRENT ASSETS**<br>Debtors<br>9<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>**CREDITORS: amounts falling**<br>**due within one year**<br>10<br>**NET CURRENT ASSETS**<br>**NET ASSETS**<br>**FUNDS**<br>Restricted funds<br>11<br>General fund (unrestricted)<br>11<br>12|**£**<br>**117,230**<br>**902,911**|**2021**<br>**£**<br>**8,597**<br>**741,643**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**1,020,141**<br>**(278,498)**||||
||||||
|||**750,240**|||
|||**34,940**<br>**715,300**|||
|||**750,240**|||




Alasdair Douglas Chair of Trustees 

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|Notes|2021|
|£|
|CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES|
|Net cash provided by operating activities|A|82,790|
|CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES|
|Purchase of fixed assets|(7,571)|
|Interest|4,416|
|Net cash (used in) investing activities|(3,155)|
|Increase in cash and cash equivalents in the year|79,635|
|Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the|
|year|823,276|
|Total cash and cash equivalents at the end of the|
|year|902,911|
|A) RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH|FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES|
|Net income for the year (as per the Statement of|
|Financial Activities)|
|Depreciation charge|
|Loss on disposal of fixed asset|
|Interest|
|(Increase)/decrease in debtors|
|Increase/(decrease) in creditors|
|Net cash provided by operating activities|82,790|

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the year resulting in a strong surplus and 

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the settlement amount due after any trade at the amount prepaid net of any trade 

these events is not treated as a donation to 

to a third party and the amount due to 

The estimates and underlying assumptions 

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revision and future periods if the revision 

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|INCOME FROM<br>Donations<br>Investments<br>TOTAL INCOME<br>EXPENDITURE ON<br>Raising funds<br>NET INCOME<br>TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|Unrestricted<br>Funds<br>2021<br>£<br>678,490<br>41,154<br>335,499<br>201,570<br>43,534<br>621,757<br>56,733<br>619,232|Restricted<br>Funds<br>2021<br>£<br>367,466<br>-<br>49,902<br>270,927<br>41,625<br>362,454<br>5,012<br>53,919|Total<br>Funds<br>2021<br>£|
|---|---|---|---|
||||1,008,873|
||||41,154<br>385,401<br>472,497<br>85,159|
||||984,211|
||||61,745|
||||673,151|




|Unrestricted<br>Funds<br>2021<br>£<br>3,770<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>71,124<br>4,194<br>79,088|Restricted<br>Funds<br>2021<br>£<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|Total<br>Funds<br>2021<br>£<br>3,770<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>71,124<br>4,194<br>79,088|_Total_<br>_Funds_<br>_2020_<br>_£_<br>_4,223_<br>_7,022_<br>_-_<br>_6,889_<br>_18,703_<br>_36,837_|
|---|---|---|---|



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|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>Membership subscriptions<br>**222,467**<br>**222,467**<br>Ministry of Justice<br>**-**<br>Law Society<br>**190,000**<br>National Lottery Community Fund<br>**-**<br>Access to Justice - Litigants in Person<br>**-**<br>Trust for London<br>**-**<br>Together for Short Lives<br>**-**<br>IBM UK Trust<br>**35,000**<br>City Bridge Trust<br>**-**<br>Therium Access<br>**-**<br>Ministry of Justice / The Access to<br>Justice Foundation<br>**20,000**<br>Evan Cornish Foundation<br>**-**<br>29th May 1961 Charitable Trust<br>**-**<br>A&O Foundation<br>**4,600**<br>Eversheds Sunderland<br>**-**<br>Goldsmiths’ Company Charity<br>**-**<br>Edith Murphy<br>**-**<br>Holman, Fenwick and Newton<br>**3,000**<br>Schroder Charity Trust<br>**-**<br>Edgar E Lawley Foundation<br>**-**<br>Farrer's Charitable Trust<br>**1,000**<br>National Lottery Covid Fund<br>-<br>Tudor Trust<br>City Bridge Trust - Free Legal<br>Answers<br>**-**<br>Access to Justice - Pro Bono Connect<br>**-**<br>Heart of England Community Fund<br>**-**<br>London Community Trust<br>**-**<br>Bloomberg<br>**-**<br>The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust<br>**-**<br>Prism the Gift Fund<br>**-**<br>Simmons and Simmons<br>**-**<br>EL Rathbone Charitable Trust<br>**-**<br>Gowling WLG (UK) Charitable Trust<br>**-**<br>London Legal Support Trust<br>**-**<br>**253,600**<br>**TOTAL**<br>**476,067**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>Membership subscriptions<br>**222,467**<br>**222,467**<br>Ministry of Justice<br>**-**<br>Law Society<br>**190,000**<br>National Lottery Community Fund<br>**-**<br>Access to Justice - Litigants in Person<br>**-**<br>Trust for London<br>**-**<br>Together for Short Lives<br>**-**<br>IBM UK Trust<br>**35,000**<br>City Bridge Trust<br>**-**<br>Therium Access<br>**-**<br>Ministry of Justice / The Access to<br>Justice Foundation<br>**20,000**<br>Evan Cornish Foundation<br>**-**<br>29th May 1961 Charitable Trust<br>**-**<br>A&O Foundation<br>**4,600**<br>Eversheds Sunderland<br>**-**<br>Goldsmiths’ Company Charity<br>**-**<br>Edith Murphy<br>**-**<br>Holman, Fenwick and Newton<br>**3,000**<br>Schroder Charity Trust<br>**-**<br>Edgar E Lawley Foundation<br>**-**<br>Farrer's Charitable Trust<br>**1,000**<br>National Lottery Covid Fund<br>-<br>Tudor Trust<br>City Bridge Trust - Free Legal<br>Answers<br>**-**<br>Access to Justice - Pro Bono Connect<br>**-**<br>Heart of England Community Fund<br>**-**<br>London Community Trust<br>**-**<br>Bloomberg<br>**-**<br>The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust<br>**-**<br>Prism the Gift Fund<br>**-**<br>Simmons and Simmons<br>**-**<br>EL Rathbone Charitable Trust<br>**-**<br>Gowling WLG (UK) Charitable Trust<br>**-**<br>London Legal Support Trust<br>**-**<br>**253,600**<br>**TOTAL**<br>**476,067**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>**-**|**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>**222,467**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**222,467**|**-**|**222,467**||
||**-**<br>**190,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**35,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,000**<br>-<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**253600**|**236,880**<br>**-**<br>**94,839**<br>**44,603**<br>**42,500**<br>**35,000**<br>**-**<br>**32,750**<br>**22,782**<br>**-**<br>**10,000**<br>**7,500**<br>**-**<br>**4,000**<br>**3,000**<br>**3,000**<br>**-**<br>**2,500**<br>**1,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**540854**|**236,880**<br>**190,000**<br>**94,839**<br>**44,603**<br>**42,500**<br>**35,000**<br>**35,000**<br>**32,750**<br>**22,782**<br>**20,000**<br>**10,000**<br>**7,500**<br>**4,600**<br>**4,000**<br>**3,000**<br>**3,000**<br>**3,000**<br>**2,500**<br>**1,500**<br>**1,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**794454**|34,837<br>30,000|
||||||
||**,**|**,**|**,**||
||**476,067**|**540,854**|**1,016,921**||
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|Membership subscriptions<br>Ministry of Justice<br>Law Society<br>Together for Short Lives<br>The National Lottery Community Fund<br>The National Lottery Covid Fund<br>Tudor Trust<br>The Access to Justice Foundation<br>City Bridge Trust<br>City Bridge Trust - Free Legal<br>Answers<br>Therium Access<br>Trust for London<br>Schroder Charity Trust<br>Evan Cornish Foundation<br>Access to Justice – Pro Bono Connect<br>Farrer's Charitable Trust<br>Goldsmith's Company<br>Simmons and Simmons<br>LLST Clinics<br>Heart of England Community Fund<br>Bloomberg<br>London Community Trust<br>A&O Foundation<br>The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust<br>Prism the Gift Fund<br>EL Rathbone Charitable Trust<br>29th May 1961 Charitable Trust<br>Gowling WLG (UK) Charitable Trust<br>**TOTAL**||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2020**<br>**£**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2020**<br>**£**|**Total Funds**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>214,127|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**214,127**|
|||||236,880<br>190,000<br>30,000<br>34,837<br>26,810<br>30,000<br>22,302<br>41,625<br>17,600<br>54,114<br>42,000<br>2,500<br>1,875<br>15,000<br>5,000<br>3,000<br>2,500<br>1,000<br>10,000<br>5,000<br>6,803<br>400<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>2,000<br>2,500<br>1,000|
|||||**794,746**|
||||||
|||||**1,008,873**|



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||**Staff**|**Direct**|**Support**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Costs**|**Costs**|**Costs**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Raising funds**|||||
|Fundraising costs|**40,105**|**15,916**|**6,817**|**62,838**|
|**Charitable activities**|||||
|Supporting and promoting pro|||||
|bono|**289,791**|**50,149**|**49,259**|**389,199**|
|Enabling access to justice|||||
|through pro bono|**420,229**|**9,226**|**71,432**|**500,887**|
|Supporting not-for-profit|||||
|organisations|**68,729**|**-**|**11,683**|**80,412**|
|**TOTAL**|**818,854**|**75,291**|**139,191**|**1,033,336**|



Support costs are apportioned to the various activities of the Charity on the basis of direct staff costs. 

Included in the above costs are governance costs of £44,098 (2020: £46,566) which comprise audit fees of £8,000 (2020: £9,950), staff costs of £30,759 (2020: £30,997) and other allocated support costs of £5,339 (2020: £5,516). 

## **2020** 

|**Raising funds**<br>Fundraising costs<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Supporting and promoting pro<br>bono<br>Enabling access to justice<br>through pro bono<br>Supporting not-for-profit<br>organisations<br>**TOTAL**|**Staff**<br>**Costs**<br>**£**<br>**Direct**<br>**Costs**<br>**£**<br>**19,013**<br>**17,209**<br>**270,327**<br>**44,947**<br>**355,982**<br>**24,167**<br>**67,618**<br>**-**<br>**712,940**<br>**86,323**|**Support**<br>**Costs**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**2020**<br>**£**<br>**4,932**<br>**41,154**<br>**70,127**<br>**385,401**<br>**92,348**<br>**472,497**<br>**17,541**<br>**85,159**<br>**184,948**<br>**984,211**|
|---|---|---|



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|**SUPPORT COSTS**<br>Premises costs<br>Rent<br>Insurance<br>Communications<br>Professional fees<br>Office costs<br>Depreciation<br>Profit or loss on disposals<br>Bank charges<br>IT costs including website<br>**NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR**<br>This is stated after charging:<br>Depreciation<br>Fees payable to auditors for audit:<br>-<br>current year<br>-<br>previous year|**2021**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**13,630**<br>**16,705**<br>**10,368**<br>**44,687**<br>**9,691**<br>**4,310**<br>**262**<br>**643**<br>**38,895**<br>**139,191**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>**4,310**<br>**9,350**<br>**-**||
|---|---|---|
||||
||||



During the year no Trustee received any remuneration (2020 - £Nil).  No expenses were reimbursed to Trustees in the year (2020 - £Nil) in respect of travel expenses. 

|**STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS**<br>Salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Defined contribution pension scheme costs<br>Other benefits costs<br>Recruitment costs<br>**STAFF NUMBERS**<br>Chief Executive<br>Projects<br>Administration & Support|**2021**<br>**£**<br>**690,155**<br>**59,249**<br>**55,777**<br>**2,107**<br>**11,566**<br>5,128|
|---|---|
||**818,854**|
||**2021**<br>**1**<br>**21**<br>**2**|
||**24**|



No employee was paid £60,000 or over (2020: one post £70,000 to £80,000). 

The key management posts in the charity are the Chief Executive, Head of Programmes and the two department heads responsible for Projects, Policy, and Business Development.  The combined salaries and benefits for these four roles totals £181,397 (2020: £198,022). 

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|**Cost**<br>At start of year<br>Additions<br>Disposals<br>At end of year<br>**Depreciation**<br>At start of year<br>Charge for the year<br>Disposals<br>At end of year<br>**Net book value**<br>At 31 December 2021<br>At 31 December 2020|**£**<br>34,179<br>7,571<br>(29,542)<br>12,208<br>28,581<br>4,310<br>(29,280)<br>3,611<br>8,597<br>5,598|
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|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**<br>Trade creditors<br>Social security and other taxes<br>Accruals<br>Deferred income grants<br>Deferred income subscriptions<br>Other Creditors|**2021**<br>**£**<br>**2,696**<br>**39,934**<br>**36,743**<br>**55,426**<br>**138,072**<br>**5,627**|
|---|---|
||**278,498**|



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|**STATEMENT OF FUNDS**<br>**RESTRICTED FUNDS**<br>LawWorks Clinics<br>Tribunal representation<br>Free Legal Answers<br>LawWorks Cymru<br>Not for Profit Service<br>Medical expenses<br>Voices for Families Project<br>Unpaid Wages Project<br>The Jeanie Project<br>Pro Bono Connect<br>**2020**<br>LawWorks Clinics<br>Tribunal representation<br>Free Legal Answers<br>LawWorks Cymru<br>Not for Profit Service<br>Medical expenses<br>Voices for Families Project<br>Unpaid Wages Project<br>The Jeanie Project<br>Pro Bono Connect|**Brought**<br>**Carried**<br>**Forward**<br>**Income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>**Transfers**<br>**Forward**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**15,000**<br>**264,380**<br>**(259,880)**<br>**-**<br>**19,500**<br>**-**<br>**22,782**<br>**(22,782)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**44,603**<br>**(44,603)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**94,839**<br>**(81,099)**<br>**-**<br>**13,740**<br>**-**<br>**32,750**<br>**(32,750)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,082**<br>**35,000**<br>**(39,082)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**42,500**<br>**(42,500)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**34,837**<br>**-**<br>**(34,837)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,000**<br>**(2,300)**<br>**-**<br>**1,700**<br>**53,919**<br>**540,854**<br>**(559,883)**<br>**-**<br>**34,940**<br>**-**<br>**81,375**<br>**(66,375)**<br>**-**<br>**15,000**<br>**-**<br>**54,114**<br>**(54,114)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**44,902**<br>**(44,902)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**48,519**<br>**26,810**<br>**(75,329)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**41,625**<br>**(41,625)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**388**<br>**-**<br>**(388)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**36,803**<br>**(32,721)**<br>**-**<br>**4,082**<br>**-**<br>**42,000**<br>**(42,000)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**34,837**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**34,837**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**(5,000)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**48,907**<br>**367,466**<br>**(362,454)**<br>**-**<br>**53,919**|
|---|---|




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|**SUMMARY OF FUNDS**<br>General funds<br>Restricted funds<br>**2020**<br>General funds<br>Restricted funds|**Brought**<br>**Forward**<br>**£**<br>**619,232**<br>**53,919**<br>**673,151**<br>**562,499**<br>**48,907**<br>**611,406**|**Income**<br>**£**<br>**569,571**<br>**540,854**<br>**1,110,425**<br>**678,490**<br>**367,466**<br>**1,045,956**|**Expenditure**<br>**£**<br>**(473,503)**<br>**(559,833)**<br>**(1,033,336)**<br>**(621,757)**<br>**(362,454)**<br>**(984,211)**|**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Carried**<br>**Forward**<br>**£**<br>**715,300**<br>**34,940**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**750,240**|
||||||**619,232**<br>**53,919**|
||||||**673,151**|



|**2021**<br>Tangible fixed assets<br>Net current assets<br>**2020**<br>Tangible fixed assets<br>Net current assets|**General**<br>**Fund**<br>**£**<br>**8,597**<br>**706,703**<br>**715,300**<br>**5,598**<br>**619,634**<br>**625,232**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**34,940**<br>**34,940**<br>**-**<br>**53,919**<br>**53,919**|**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**8,597**<br>**741,643**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**750,240**|
||||**5,598**<br>**673,553**|
||||**679,151**|



There are no related party transactions in the year. 

Aggregated donations from trustees in the year were £Nil (2020: £Nil). 

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Lawworks is a charityworking in England and Wales to
connect volunteer lawyers with people in need of legal advice,
who are not eligible for legal aid and cannot afford to pay and
with the not-for-profit organisations that support them.
www.lawworks.org.uk
Registered charity number 1064274
Supported by
The Law Society