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Pro Bono Community

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1153220
Status
Registered
Registered
Aug. 2, 2013
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
93 Tabernacle Street
LONDON
EC2A 4BA

Activities

Pro Bono Community seeks to improve access to justice by providing specialist training in legal advice and social welfare law to lawyers, trainees and students and then coordinating, managing and monitoring placements for them as volunteers at Law Centres and advice agencies including PBC's own remote appeals advice clinic.

Objects: The Objects Of The CIO Are For The Public Benefit:(a) The Advancement Of Legal Education And The Study Of Law;(b) The Prevention And Relief Of Poverty, Hardship And Distress Through The Promotion Of Effective Legal Education And Training In The Areas Of Law Most Likely To Affect Those In Poverty Or Need And To The Benefit Of Those In Poverty Or Need And The Provision Of Free Legal Advice And Assistance To People Who Are Unable To Afford To Pay For Such Advice; And(c) The Promotion Of The Sound Administration And Development Of The Law.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Aug. 31, 2024 £101,437 £120,018
Aug. 31, 2023 £175,656 £159,445
Aug. 31, 2022 £152,183 £154,643
Aug. 31, 2021 £116,818 £144,159
Aug. 31, 2020 £136,606 £114,261

Trustees

Name Appointed
Livia Velicu (Chair) April 19, 2019
Claire Marsh April 19, 2023
Daniel Laking Sept. 24, 2019
Kanav Kothari April 23, 2025
Omar Qadir Sept. 28, 2021
The Honourable Mr Justice ADAM JOHNSON Jan. 17, 2014