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Centre For Criminal Appeals

Appeal, Cca

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1144162
Status
Registered
Registered
Oct. 6, 2011
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

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

Contact

Activities

APPEAL provides investigation services and legal advocacy for victims of unsafe convictions and unfair sentences and uses individual cases as leverage for system-wide criminal justice reform.

Objects: 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.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £630,007 £658,953 £723,835 10
March 31, 2024 £687,450 £524,400 £752,781 10
March 31, 2023 £454,534 £430,243
March 31, 2022 £507,538 £338,957 £565,440 8
March 31, 2021 £425,313 £334,356

Trustees

Name Appointed
Joseph Hingston (Chair) Aug. 6, 2012
Allegra Rosa Elizabeth Curling Feb. 20, 2026
Chris David Sept. 21, 2015
David Corker Feb. 19, 2026
Emma Goodall Feb. 22, 2026
Jacob Kendal Bindman Sept. 20, 2022
Mair Rose Williams Oct. 14, 2022
Yusuf Solley Jan. 21, 2026