REGisfERED CIIARITY NUI%IBER: 1192355 REPORT OF TIIE TRusfEES AND FINANCIAL STATEME FOK Tllk YEAR kNDkD 31 MARCH 2025 FOR PUBS.Ic IKfF.XF.sr LAW CFAYI"RF. II¢TTillg￿5 LLP Chartercd Aeeountsnts and SuDJlOry Auditors Lygon Ilouse 50 tmdon Road Bmmley Kcnl BRI 3RA PUBLIC INtERESI" LAW CEN"fRE CON'fF.f4TS OF TIIE FINAP4CI,Ii. srATEmETr￿S ror thc yw ¢ndcd 31 M4rUrt lor m8rginalisul ¢ommunilies and caJiipai8ning grassroots group5 wlio liavc bccn ircaicd unfairly_ W¢ hold Leg31 Aid ¢oi)Ira¢ts in Public Law. Claim5 against Public Auihoriiies id Ilousino We ivjll noi resi UAIJI we ￿ a fairer and nwrc equilable s￿le￿. Over Ihe pasi 12 monttL%. PILC has mad¢ an ¢xcc]Icnl start again51 ILS newly thfiijtd strate¥it (thjettiwes.. {]) Sccknng justice through l¢gal action {21 Developing PILC'S Movcmcllt LawycTJn￿ approach (31 CoA5o1idaling PILC'S orgaiiii.atlOLJal AC-rivi'rITrs I1￿,D ACFIIEVkMEN'I We continue to tllake excellcnt progress growing PJLCS capacity 10 5UPPOrt aetivisis, grassroots gTtsUP5 and froniline Organ￿ationS ihroiigh strdt¢gi¢ Iccai aclion across our arw of ¢x]Knisc". siaic accountability,. housing, land and cotnrnunily &sscls= rdcial jLislicc and misrdnis. righis. In July 2024. we were Jjaincd Legal Aid l.imi of ilic Ycar at th¢ LALY Aivards. Duc to our grow'ing iDvolvcmcnt in ihc Covid 19 Inquiry. wc tccniited an additional foiir soli¢i(ors at)d four paralcgals. In lolal. our litigatioll IrJm has ¥rown from 7 10 21 sin¢¢ 2022. lrt ns and TfL'21er risk of ¢xploiLThlion and abusc. Crucially. a5 froniline and prcdDJllinaiiily ouisourced workers. the GrDUP LndurLYI sonic of ihc WL)rsl condiiions and wcrc cxposed ts) hL8h risk the coutse of iheir in Ihc ¢gr¢ scctoi. Thcy arc uniquely ]x)silioAed LO Otrcr Insi¥hi InlD thc I￿pa￿l of thc pandC￿l¢ on the care sector. oi) thcmselves as work¢rs ajid on memb¢rs of Ihl piiblic with w'lio]n Ihcy ￿n￿rdCted in the course of thcir wotk. Wc lthvc now fJnali5cd Ihc Rule 9 5ialcmeDt - a wiincss S￿leMer.( wri(Len in response to a request nthde by the Chair of the Inquiry- on b¢hlL If of ¢h¢ Group and thc hcatings arc duc lo takcplacc ill the surnnicr of 2025. Modulc 10 Modult 10 is ihc fJn#l Inodulc of thc Covid-19 UK lJ)qiiiry. 'fhis ii)odul¢ will exainine ihe impaa of Cowd on thc populaiion of th¢ Ut)iicd Kiiigdom ii'illi a panicular focus on k¢y M'ork¢rs, th¢ mosL I'ulncrdblc. thc bcrEai'cd. Inenial hcalih and ivell*ing. Wc sccurcd Corc Participani Sttius for four gtOUP5 COll5151in¥ of28 or￿1)ISa1l0iI￿ itx iotal- l. The Migrant RSghts C*￿5￿rtiUrn, cotnprising DI￿10rS of th¢ Wortd UK. Joint Council for Ihc Wcifare or Im'.nigranlS. Kaiilungaii, Mcdacl. Uniicd VoiLts orth¢ Worl(L Ir¥Jcpendcni Workcrs Union of Great Briiain, Projccl 17. Togcihcr Nviih Migrant Childrert a nd Righi S¢oilatMI. 2. '1'he Domcstic Abuse Group - iomprising Souihail B12tk Sist¢15. LAWKS and Solacc. 3. 'lknc Prison and Immigration Det¢ntion Advoca￿ Group IPIDAG} comprising Howard Lcague for Pcnal Rtfomi, Bajl and ImJnigTalioll DthalIiY￿ 5. the Pri￿n Ref orni T￿51 and Mcdical Justicc 4. Thc Justice Sector Coalilion (JSCI cornprisiiig Lwl AcLion Group. Support Through COUTL ihc Association or Lawyers for Childrcn. Il)c Criminal Laiy A5SOCi21ion, thc Ilous￿E Law, Prdciiiioncrs. Association, Ihc liMigFation Laiv PraciÈtio'iers Associ2ti0n, the Laiv Centr¢s N'eNv07k. thc Lcg21 Aid Prnclilioner5 G￿up, Ihe Le8al S¢rvices Agency. Ihc London Crimin#l Court Solicitors ' AS￿￿11110￿ Ihc Scotiish AssoCi￿10n of LAW C¢nty¢s atjd YDung Lcgal Aid Lawyers. We have how'ever reccsvcd i)cgaiivc t￿￿1]ng de¢k8ions for PIDAG alld JSC. iyithoui Ivhich i( i¥ould be impossible lo lakc pan. Wc have appealed ihcse dtcisions and arc awaiiing a d¢asion f￿￿ thc Chair. bl Undcrcovcr Policino IL)quiry (UCP W¢ ¢ontinuc 10 fcpTL%cnl 15 Corc Parti¢Lpanis Jn thc UCPI, all p)litical artivjsts and organi5ations Who￿ lai¥ful deinocrati¢ a¢livily Wds subjccted io sustsiiicd suTrcillan¢e, iiifili?iior.. and abuse by uIidcTcovcr police units, nothbly Ihe Sp¢cial Dcmonsirdiion Squad ISDS) and Nationat Publi¢ Otdcr Intelligcncc Utlll INPOJLI. WE havt ainied io dtrnonstt21¢ how Ihc5c sccra policc units havc functioned ￿ a mcchartism Ihrough uthich ihc British ststc und£rniincd di.%seni disiDrtL.d polJiic41 t7￿V¢ll￿nLS, and violaicd fuDda]ncntsl right& During ihe r¢ponill8 PCTiod. Ihc Lllquiry Iicld 'ftanche 2 h￿ing& which coN'cred the deployment of Spccial Demonsiraiion sq1￿d {SDSI oifjcers and man28Ct5 and th05c affc¢ied i￿lw¢¢n 1983 and 1992, includintt the TnJnagmii¢nl & ovcrsi¥lit by mid and senior 0￿]ccT5. othcr agcntLCS and govctnincni dcpartm¢nis. l.-ol]owing a niajor reVI￿V of state disclosu￿, wc ¢baftcd and delivercd ourotKning stattmcnl {availablc bcrcl Page 4 PUBLIC INTERTrsf LAW CENTRE REPORT OFTIIE TRusfEF for ihc se4r ended 31]¥1areh 2025 Wc d￿pined our scrutiny of undcrcovcr polilical ￿lietn& hig]Jlightirt8 the pctsonal artd wlitical hanns ¢aiis¢d by long-lcnn infiliraiion. Representing ih¢ Campaign fo.. Xuclear DisamumenL ICNDI. we demoostTawd Ihai Inass-mEwnbcT5h5p campaig1￿ were ￿rge1ed at E4)th a London leadership and grassioDts levels. UiidLJrovcr O￿leCtS did noi merely ob5crvc prolcs15.' thcy h¢lr￿ organssc diem. Siccrcd di5CUS5i0n4 and ocLupicd influcniial posiiions. W¢ argulxl that ihis anwunlcd to 51aie tnicrfcrence in political AlOVCZ1￿t$. distorting dcniocraiic oiganising from Mrythin. 'fhe Inquiry hEard hoiv activists were de¢eived inio uwting indivi(Ju#ls who were, in realily, statc agcnts rwrting lo policc haNtlcrs. This dtccpiiotx Cxlcnd￿ io political fricTM15hips. and ¢ollc¢iiv¢ dccisi(¥n-makiiig. PILC'S submisstons ¢mphasis¢d thai ai a scnyor Gover￿[ne￿I level the Thaichcr Govemmcni wur inYolv¢d in discU￿1n8 Ilic CND Icadcrship and using Ihai infonnaiion 10 ¢N'cn influcncc Ilic Gcncral Llcciion. Wc Colluncnd Mi£hacl Clwit IRcvolutÈonary Conjmunist Party of Bntsin - Ma]xisi LeJLilltstl, Katc Eludson ICamp8lSll for Nuclear Disannamcnil, and Lijthy Gemwi (S¢op thc War Coa]itii>n). who all gave Strong cviikntc dunng the lieariiibs in July 2024. 'I'rwichc 3 is nol due lo start Utjtil octo1￿r 2025. Ilou*v¢r. we ate CUTTCiitly drafiiD8 Rulc 9 staicmcnls w'ith Cor¢ Panicipants itJ¢luding Youih againsi Raci51M in lUTO￿ Ilie Stop iljc War Coalilioft and several othcr individual slaicnwil5. cl Indepcndcnt Blacktisting Lollusion lJ)quiry Wc arc Tl)51ruclcd as 501icitors Lll thc IJidct*rtdent Bla¢klisiing Collusion Inquiry. following Paul Heron's long-standing Ind [n￿ted r¢lationship thr Blacklisl Support Group IBSGI. llje group has been ¢eLiiral to cxposiiis and LhallenginB Ihc blaLklistiDg vfcon5miciion workers in th¢ U -Ilii% 11￿ep¢Llde￿L Ii)quiry, comnjissioncd by UnÈTC thc Unioll. is cxaniiIiing senous and long51andiAg allegatiojjs thai scnior tradc iiniou 0￿]cials-1)0th cutTenl and historical-may hav¢ cullu(kd wsth rcprcscnlativcs from thc coT￿T￿￿tion indiistry to sysicmaiically blaeklisi trad¢ union mcJnkr5 and activisis. ThL [￿￿S is on oIficiats from Uniic and its predcccssor unions, in¢luding UCArr {utLion of ConMn]ction, Alli¢d Trddcs at)d Tcchnicians). tlie TGWU (franspori id Gcneial Workers, Unioll). and Amicuk The alleged wllijsion con(ribJted to rhe unlawful den￿1 of etnploymciii opponuniiies 10 workers for tsising le¥itimatc conccrns aknur W0￿p1ace safcty but ¢rncially aiTrtd io stop militant Irddc unioii organising. 'I'o dat4 the Inquiry has condvcicd dcu11￿ intLYYiCH'S with approximairly 80 builaing workers, many of whoni wcrc diTrGiI! affLYicd by blacklisling prac(iLCS. 'llJes¢ iwlimonics halc bccn criiscal in Cstsblishing both thc CXPLTiences or those kmpa¢l¢d. li may also rOT￿ thc ba%i5 OfunderR￿1￿il)8 the bmader paiicJTbS of ¢ollducr within lh¢ industry and thc union niovement. -riic ncxl plia8c ofihc Inquiry Is rtow u]idctway and will involTrr ir.tcn'iewing a numl*r of ￿￿[CnI and fonrJLr tsade iiiijoi) ofticials. These iniervicw'5 Ivill scck to clarify Ilje cxient of an) k[￿￿'ledge rclaiing w lh¢ blacklis12ng seandal. l-he Inquiry has workcd closely ivith 2 pancl ofuniic-alTLliatcd building woth¢rs as thc Inquit) has progrcssed. 'riie final repon is duc n¢xi y¢ar and ivill aim ¢0 providc a dcthiled attounl ocwhai i¢Jok plac& idcn1ify any wrongdoin¥ or insliwiional failurcs. and offLY recomm¢ndaiio￿s foi accountsbiiiiy ￿Mi refoml dl'fransnatioNI GoVcnitn￿t of Ta￿1[ l£lat We wcre unsu¢¢essfvl in our efforts lo dcproscTib¢ thr LibEration Tiger5 of Tamil Leiam at the Proscribed Organisatioii Appc<11 C(mimission on bchaif of th¥ Transnational &>vcmw( of 'fatTril fxlam. hLxrd in Mar¢h 2024 11'ith Ihc jUdg¢m￿)I hatldcd down iji July 2024. Vc eoniinuc lo work with ihc"I"amil eommwiily to a55C5s thc mcrits 0[re￿pplY1tig at somc wTrint in th¢ futu[¢. Page 5 PUBLIC INfERLST IAW CENTRE RTr.PORT OFTIIE TRUStEE5 for the year cnded 31 Nlarrh 2025 el Anon v LAA IChall¢ngekn a¥cist LAA mcarns tem) Wc Successf￿llY s¢iiled l.yJiii's ca5c and thc Lord Challcellor to provide her wilh the ￿nding she Jieeds to cuniinuc hcr Iighi for justice. In 2022. Lynn, aged 68. had thc victim of a violcnl crime. s￿ had sousht supp)n, bul tnstcad ofEting Iielpcd she wa5 scxuzlly assaLilied by a Than who look advants¥e ofhis piibli¢ position. Bascd 501cly OE) u)come Irom her Stsie Pension alld Ilousing Ilcnefiu Lynn had bcui foLll)d incligiblc for lega] aid. We wcr¢ however unabl¢ io PUTSU¢ thc wdcr discriminalory exclusion of pcnsioncrs from accessing Lcgal Aid so thc broader wgulaitons r¢inain unclwi8cd. fhis means ther¢ aT¢ s¢ill rJwny Dth¢T5 in hcr 5ilualion. This rcinains an ama£in¥ ouiconie for L)Trui who ncvcr would have been able to ac¢c55 ihis fi￿dIn0 without brinyng her judicial review. 2. Ilousing. Land and CornmurLity' As5et5 Our work ID this area is ividc ranging and Includc cxisiinu and developitlg projccts-. supportin¥ survivors ofdomc5tic abu5c acccss safciy Iliro ¥h adcq ualc IIou5111¥.- I gciiirificalioii projccl wljicli mainly supports ¢outt¢il e$uic re5idcnis facing d¢moliiion and d15pI?ccmcnt as wcll as supporting market trnd£￿ faring ewctiork through plallnijig and eniimnmentsl lau."- dcfcDdin¥ Gypsic$ & Travellcrs purslling a noJn3dic w3y of lifc thro'Jgh legal rcpresctjtaiion in housing gJLd planning., - kccp public land in public hathds ihrough thc dcfence ofopcn stjaccs ￿ LoLidoTr. #l GeThtrification Project Th¢ Gcnlnfication Projeci coniijjucd (o dei'clop a holisiL¢ 3pproach io land ￿ld housing justice, iDtegraling liliJu lion, poli¢y advocacy, edu¢a'.i(>n, and comJnunil> 0.￿a￿ls1n8 io strcng1hen ¢ampaigner ￿$tIleneC and rnfiucncc thc li0￿￿1￿¥ a￿d planDillg ian(Jscapc across London and b¢yond. In London. thc ieam has supponed grwps and individuals acr055 ninc FX)rDug]￿ ICToydon. B￿lEy, Catndcll. NeWh￿ry Hammersmiih & Fulham. Towcr Hamlcts. Ilaringcy. Lambcih. wid Souil)waTkl aTLd worked wilh cros>Londoll OTWJ5ations such as thc London Tcnants F¢dentioii ajid llic Kefiwbi5h Don'l Demolish campajgn. Ve also advatlced several 51rdtegic legal ¢holleng¢5 in a difficuli legal landscape.. , CZ v LB Souil)wark 'rhis c&se su¢¢¢ssfully quashcd plannir)g pernu5sioD for excessive infill oil a Southwatk eslale Dn bEha]r of a social housing rcsidcnl, on thc grounds th2( I.B Soiiihw'ark had failcd 10 adcquaiely assess the sitc as a high flood risk. lthc I.IiLtlI Colin order vindicai&* yeats of Tcbistance w whai r¢sidrn￿ saw as a dcL'ply flawLuI and dan)aging schcinc. DcspitL repcatcdly hEghliglJtiiio kcy prwcdural failures-itjcluding a la¢k of a llood risk &sse5snient, inadequare coi)sultatioii, issintl equulitiC5 impacl aSSLssn￿nts, and the loss of green and social ameniti¢S-¢OllCCtn5 were consislcntly ignored 2nd tnawinalised by Southwark Council. I￿vIng rcsidents fteling fntstratrd and sidclincd. ii. IUI v Manchcsltr City Cowicil -rJiis ¢hallcnBis Plat]ning 0￿iCc[s. niislcading advicc Lo con1mili￿ memiKts about thcir powcJ3 10 rtfLlSt an application oil OCI￿lf of an indLvidual bui wilh cxicnsivc evide￿ and 5UPPOrt fron) the can)paign group 'Block ilic Block,, Thc was hcard in arcb 2025 and wc aTE awaiting irs ouicoinc. The campaign been so successful thai its work and ihc inju51icc5 It highlighis hayc IKYn niade inits a theatre produ¢ii()EJ, powcrfully illustrdiing a Community's usc ofcampai¥tiin8 and Icgal iools 10 advatLCC housii)g ￿)d land jUSli¢e. li premi¢rcd on the cvcning of thc hearing >md Ihcrt are plan5 for louriii8 later in the year. iii. JZ v LB Lambcih Al the hcart of thi5 casc are conccms about the ICJD Iity of Itxal authontlcs SCltin8 up privaie compa]ue5 to op2fdtt as LUty)ral¢ landlords allowing ihem io Ici ¢owicil-owncd pro￿rtiC$ ai markcl ralc5 to e¢n¢r￿¢ incoTnC. Wc are TC]xcscnLing a priva1¢ r¢sident of Ccn¢ral Ilill estaie, one of [KI￿lilIallY b.ilDdr¢ds of tenants facing eviciion across S l.anibcih oslaies. Many of ihose privatc rentcrs bcing mad¢ hoJnele55 will noiv twvc lo seck housing IJDrn the saiiic cuuncil which is cvicling th¢m. -rh¢ casc furthcr cxposcs legal I￿)pholeS lo¢ai authoriiic5' unla2r use of s¢¢tion 21 'no faiili CVlCLions' as paTI of rc8cnerniion schem¢s. Tr LX8C is duc (o I￿ l￿d laTrr in 2025. Pagc 6 PLBLIC INTERLSI. LAW CE.YfRE REPORT OTr TIIE TRusfEES for Iht )'czr 31 Marcb 2015 In addilioi) lo Ihc abovc. we havc 8150 workcd closely with ib¢ So¢i21 klousing Adion NeNTork ISI4AC), subjnilliiig ¢vidcncc lo thc National Aiidit 0￿1¢¢ and dr[naT￿Ill￿ an inVL%ligalion into rraudtt1￿I social hoiLsing seryice chargLS - an iiiiiiaiivc supw)rted by 24 MPS. The project also ¢ornTni&%ioncd and Tclcascd a gruujldb￿klng t¢w*rt ¢niiil¢d - Thc Pmmisc of Cros5-Sub8idy.' Why late I)wwlilion Cawioi Solve London's Hou>ing CTiSiS. hi￿￿11￿hti￿g thc misusL of LI￿ tcttn 'atTDrdablL' by poliliciai)s at all Icvcl$ lffal aulhotitiLs, Mayo-. of Lonth)n and min￿(c￿s. how far ii has i*comc divorccd fro￿ pcople's rcaliiy., and how council housing variou5 m￿e]$ of developJnrnt ail rely on privale fJ]WLce at the costs of Jn8rgu)alised nmunitic5 in nced ofhousing. Ivc also contitJU¢ 5hariiig our knowlcdgc ivith communiii¢s and Ihe legal scctor through workshops wc Org￿lise as well as rcsponding io invilatIon io cvcnlk Since Ihc Labour govcThllncni eamc to l￿w¢r, Ih¢r¢ has becn a turbulcnt landscape or plaiinins policylaffordablc hoiising policy. 'Iliis ha5 drii'cn an incre￿ in coliaborniion b¢1w¢l￿ housing and lS5csskon procceding& - 6 families bascd in HertfordshJr¢ who hav¢ applied for PiaL)ning Pcmlission io wide on land they havc PUTcha5cd and ¥ho also seek 10 vary 20 Injuiiciion covcring thc lattd. - 5 clients rcsid*ng in Erf)a(s oil tl1e.lliai￿ Waitrways rLsi51ing Frf>ss￿s10n P￿￿L￿ding5. 'lTr.e prDjecl eover5 a wide Vdriery of topics. which all focus on suprxTrrting Romani Gypsy and 'l'rdveller Clients lo conlinuc io ￿SIde on land and praaicc a notnadic way of lifc. a￿d foi PLYsons wha idtntify as ix)atets 10 continue to resldc on ivalcnvays, WhL￿lbLr ihrough CDDlini￿u5 cniising or m￿rings. Wc havc also kgull to build a stsaiegic partllcr5hip wilh Frimd% Farnilics aTJd Trdvejlers al various levels. from proi'iding si¢on(iiieT advirc and taking rcfcjrdls lo kginrting io pian MratLgi¢ally. wih a virw lo gTOW capacity for legal advice and cdiLcation across I".ngland and Walek 'rhc ¢Jsc5 bclow lu￿￿trdtc somc of dic wc have donc during thc repOrtingpcTi￿.. i. Tiiigdene Marii)2s v JJ casc Wc s1￿CessfullY d¢f¢Tthd Ms Jaffe's evic1i0￿ who had iktn TCSidin8 on a hou*iK)at for 7 years. fingdcne Marinas, 0 IT]ultiiTrillion-pound coinpai)y, soughi io CYTCI M5 Jarrc frojxi m￿rIng a Tnarina whcr¢ sh¢ livcd giving licr oi)ly rc1￿. rnonihs. noiicc oli the basis Ihal ihc w)nioon ivh¢re shc l=ved ￿'aS irteparablc. Our clieiit TCSl5tcd Ihe eviciion on thc basis that (he a￿cn7Cnt shc had with Tinudcllc Marinas should b¢ covcrcd by ￿ Mobile Homes Acl {19831 and as iich Ihe Marina musl go throuBh possLssion prntecd%ng5 in thc COU￿ w evict hcr Iindcr thal Act. This was ￿ novLI argum¢ni. allowing cxlcnsion of proieciion ￿ thosc rcsidin8 lrt caravafLS on I￿ld (wliich includcd ivalcrl. llic case rcached th¢ Court of Appeal and"ringd￿le Marjnas were rcfi￿d WESSiOll to ap[￿al ill the Supreme Court. Page 7 PULILIC INTEIiL%I' IAYW CkNI'KL REPORT OF TIIE TRUSTLTr"ts roy ih¢ ycar cnded 31 March 2025 li. Mdway case v Heron and Ors Wo sllccessfylly rcpr¢scnicd a group of RoiJJani Gypsi¢s livinE on a fonner park-oll&iin Bojvugh ofRÈchmond v Persons U]]kllow 'I'hc Londot) Borougli of RichnioJ]d appljed 10 th¢ IliBJ) Coun for a ￿lde inju1￿l￿on 10 prcvcni Gypsics and TTavcllcr5 froikn rcsiding iii caravans ll) 8 areas ￿1th1￿ Èts borouy￿. They also Inclu￿d an applicaiion for an ]njunclion agaii)si fly-tipping. A rcccni Suprctne Couri casc had madc a r¢quit¢tr]cnt of the filing of such injunction to scrve dic pr￿Ll￿l￿g$ (>n G￿sICS and Travcllcts ILGT IhcTr￿ftCr}, an orgJnisaiion PToviding support and advice. The Judge sub5equcnily indicatcd thai that it necessary for t1￿ 1n1crvcnc￿ 10 liave repr¢s¢nthiion at Ihc ncxt hearing as ji was a c8s¢ of signiÈfirant public inter￿. LGT ins4￿cled PILC and ivc ex￿1 to h￿Ing lo lake pla￿ n¢xi y¢ar. (} Op¢n Spaees Projett 'rhe proj¢¢i supwbrts communilics lo kcep public land in public bands thrwgh Ihc pro7￿110n ofBreen a[￿ opcn spaccs. 'This project is significant for Il)c particular Cx￿niSt Jt providcs l(Kal corninuniiies. It is becoming all Ihe mor¢ importani gs thr CUTrcnt govcnllnelli continues io rip thc plaDnin8 ruietM)oL WL succ￿SfullY gtsp￿rt¢d local rcsidcni% In lslington in thcir objcctions against Council's plans LO dL'tnolJsh UIE leisurc enire and fwtball pitches to nmke way foi iowcr block%. . Guardiat)s of Whilewcbbs Y LB Enfield Tlie Iligh Court Nlcd ihai LB F.nCicld could disrKbs¢ ol of Whiicwebbs Patk lo mulri-billion-dollar -lotteiiliai Floispur l.-C for 11$ Own Lx>m]ncTCLal purp(Isc, dcspiie Ihc judqcmeni alknowledging Ihai selling off this land will m¢an # '%ignificanl' dccTea5e in piiblic actes& With plans io cxpand thcii training gToun(Ls. lh¥ pn)tM)scd dcvelopJiiL￿l tnean5 thdt l=nficld residcnts will losc ac¢css to artrds ol the p2rk Ihai havc itt PLbli¢ haDds for ncarly a c¢niury. It will also rcquirc tazin8 5¢V¢Tal acr£s of naDJral paTkIaT￿ to tnake way for trnining piicTr.cs and JnanicuTed gardens. Enfield rLsidcnts liad con)c oiit Jn fuTCE lo suppjrt Ihe casc at Court and have contribul¢d massivcly to Ili¢ effort at thc Court of Appcal. However, local residcn15 plan LO coniinue lo fi8hi for park to k cnjoycd in the way ihai it is legally intended.. for publie us 'rotlenliam 14oispur havc sub5qucnily bccn Eivcn ¢he s￿h¢ad by Enfjeld Council ￿ build a ncw training groun¢t Lo¢al residtnis will issuc judicially revi¢w piorcedings aEainsi Ihe planning pcnni$5iDn_ 3. Racial Justice and MigTamts' Rights Wc continue working closely ivith RAMFLL. Revoke and the lioma Support Group as well as havin8 reneived or d¥'Vcl0p￿ rclalionships with the Magpic Proj￿. Mi¥rants Otgani5e and Migrants Rights Ndwork. De4)iic ihc Elom¢ S¢cretsry agreellig the intyoduuion of a fce W￿Ver following out Icgal challenge ott behall of bLr¢av¢d partners in ihc lasi rcporting pcriod, lh¢ change of 8ovcrnnicnt di5nlpt￿ its impl¢mcntation and thc guidiincc 1101 iiitrodii¢¢d unlil Oclobcr 2024 ar￿ a lol ofwork io mak¢ il Imppcn Wi-nd thc 5ccnc5 logeih¢t wilh iiAMI.-EL. We are delighicd 10 report ¢hai w¢ won anothcr of our historic cases IU( v SSI.LDI. fusi brought agall￿t the IIon)e Sccrciary in 2022 folloi¥ing ihc Jnlawful handlin8 of oiir ¢li¢th's 3pplicaiion fw ￿lIcd 5ts1US iK¢aus¢ of pending riminol pro5CLUiioJ￿. 20.{￿ Lur0[￿an naLiotLals wtrc affeclcd by ihis ullknwful pr2Ciic¢ ai the illne of thc casc. li ICK>k nearly 3 ycats to bring it ¢0 a closc. PaÈc 8 PUBLIC INTERFsf LAW CE.%'IRE PORT OFTIIE TRusfF.bS for tbe year ¢nded 31 l¥lar¢h 2025 Wc publi5Ji¢d a guidc for non-iawycrs 10 5upporl asylum scckcrs atrccitd by ratisl abuse in asylum hotels. as a way of 511PP)rting non-S￿la11￿IS advisors ￿.1ping asylum s¢¢k¢rs mov¢ O¢¢UmillL¥]ation. Wc distTibiilcd il across our nctworks during (hc wavc or rar-righis rio:s Jn thc 5Umtnei 2024 Tliis follo%vcd froii) sojiie ivork we had done in ihe 5uinni¢r 2023 when Revoke ¢licE)ts had already IKcn lar8elcd by far-righ( aciivis15 ui Londou ￿￿1 ID BedfoTdshiTr. W¢'Ye also con¢inucd our projccl with thc Rorna Suprrf)n Group io tijiprove acttss to housiDg juslicc for Roma ommuiiilics. W'ckn donc thi5 through community ath"c¢ fonun& ¢ollabotating Roma advocates 21)d supportin RSG ivith cascwotk. 'tl)e following sirJiegic cases fwtheT i]Ius¢ra￿ ihc work wc havc donc dun1]￿￿￿ ￿1￿1.. al KK v SSI.ID 'I'liis casc sccks lo challciiEC thc JIoL)ie Otrict's detision io Tcfwe our clicni di5crelionary ILR wliils¢ bringing a wider poltcy ¢ha]leng¢ to the Iloine OEfJce on thc lack of a fee waiver for tmplt Jn the same posiiion as our cli￿11. who wcre brought lo the UK as Lhildrcn and had no ionirol over thcir applications for stattLS. T.4c Homc O￿let'S ptcvious young PLopIc's L()IKLSSIOD a]luw¢d sdU¢tncnl wilh a fL% waivcr foE young wplc brought its Ihc UK as childrcll ivlio had had leave its remaiii for five ycar5. Wlicn the ￿nC¢S$,0n was incotpoyated inio ihe IinmigraLion Rule& Ihe Honi¢ oifice dropped Ihc opuon of a fee waiv¢i. This ca5c was rcfcrrcd bv RKMf.IL who rarnp3ign ￿ oct a fcc waivcr introduccd For thi5 cohort.'n]¢ claim IKen iSSULd and we ate awaiting a dt¢ision on PLXllliSSjOtI. bl MigtatLts Xights NetWOTk v SSIID Immcdiaiely after ￿Ing llL￿1Cd io govcrnmei)L Ln July 2024. Ih¢ tLew IloJn¢ SLfTclary annouiiccd Ihai Iinmigrdlion Raids would bc a cciiiral part of Ihci". plans 10 ¢OlllToI I￿r$ and tacklc illcgal workinu Arcund Ihc same limc, Migraiiis Rights Nciwork publrshcd a report eii'.lil￿ The Anaimy of R2Lds'. highliJt:'tL8 Iheir rdcim I￿lure. Thi5 Casc challcnge5 thc Sccrciary of Siaic's poliiy practicc of an elLvaicd IcvL.l of iinmiy31ion Taids ihaL in particular, Lar wa5hcs, nail bar8 5JpcmiaTkets a2Ki consiruciion siics. llic ¢laim ha5 issucd iih the Flig]1 Court al￿ wc arc awailiiio a dccL5ion oil pemiission. cl VarioLL% v SSI ID We QTC dcvelopin8 straiegic legal a¢tioll togcthcr IKneficiaries of the Magpie Projcct a8aiJL%t the uidefjniit us¢ of hoicls lu acLDniinod2t¢ asyliiin-sccking faniilies. whi¢h would bc vnlawful upder Jnainstreatn homele￿ne$S provisio 16-wcck limitl. We licaid from fattiJlLts Iii'ing In asylum accop]m(Mlaiion froTJ] 6 ¥Nonih5 to over 2 and a hair ycars Durinbj this lime many reported iliai thcir health and thai of their children had scverely suff¢red, wilh Tashc5 duc 10 indusliial washing facilities al B&Bs.' gastyic issucs causcd by lack of pri￿atr cooking facilitics ￿]d acc¢ss 10 hcalihy rood,. high bl(yxl P￿sUT¢. and gcncral arLKiCLy and oiher menial health is)iIC5 linktd t(p thc prccarity of iheir 8iiuaiLOn. Tl)o C1￿1[Cn8c is siill ai an early s¢0¥¢ but wc are looking fon12rd to d¢v¢loping it furthcrovcr the ncxl 12 tnonths. 4. DevelopiDg Movomtnt Lawvering approach Th¢re are iwo in wliich wc worktd ort ih- dJ-elopmenl olour moi'emeni 1oi¥yeting approach, Ihe unique way in which wc support working class and iiiarginaliscd COi4SllUnlll￿￿ bnng aboul social change ihruvgh thc usc of Ihc law. al Building Pow¢r 'niL first onc is abolit all iiK' non-lcgal work Ihal is done aroLmd ILgal rLV.T5cntsiion and Strdic¥ic Iilisalion, starling willi Ilic iimportance of buildyny and mainiainiiig r¢latior.5hips with diese groups and Organi￿,10A5. rcinajn focuscd in our airas of £xpcrtisc aiid awaw E]Ot lo oi'crcxiend ours¢lv¢s io ellsure ￿'e are aile 10 have ni&•Jin8ful rc]atioiJships. '1l]e5e arc kcy to dcvcloping an ijnpr0￿.td iindetsiandino of righis and entlilcmcnl& btitcr provision of advicc (including l¢ss ronnal advice) and Ilii dcvclopnicnl ofsiniL'git leBttl aclioll. 'ro this cnd wc havc deli¥'crcd thc folloiving". In-pcrson work$hop for housin¥ cajnpaigncts 10 dW￿divC inio on cr055-subsidy m(thls of financing rCO¢n￿arl0fj aNI plan forhow to Influ￿1CC the GLA and Cclltrdl 8ovcrnmenL Page Y PUBLIC IN"fLREsf LAW CLNTR REPOR"r OFTIIE TRusrLTrs for the ytrdr endLxI 31 hl•rch 2025 Dcvclopnicni and disscniinaiion of Icoal resources thro￿8h oniijjc aud In-pe￿n workshops ai locations most ¥vnvLni¢nt for those wc aiin io rtraeh. This in¢lude$". p￿PIC laffecied by discriininaiion in housing)., eslalc rcsidcnts and markci tyadcrs laifccicd by gcnirifjcaiioiil.. van dwellcrs laIfc¢tcd b), iTrjuncli01151,. EUSS appljcaiits laffe¢Led byauioinaiic pausing of applicaiioii)- and wlutn Sttk￿5 lalTecied by racisi abuse). Provision of moTe fomial traininD L)n housing. planning law. domcnic abu5c and hDU5ing, strntcgie liiigaiion and Lxcepiional ¢as¢ fuiidiii Publicaiion and dissemJn2tion or￿Ca[Ch ¢0 providc evidcncc for ihc Covid Inqtiiry and for ourwork on gciiirifjcaiion.. 0 40 Y¢ars of failuTC." Fri￿1c Sccloi'CoJitr2ciiI￿ ar.d its Impa¢¢ on th¢ NHS u'fhc Proinisc ofcTss-SILbsidy.' Why F.siatc D¢tNolilion Cannol Solve London's J.Iousing EmeJE¢ThCy Dcvcloptnci)t of our cortllnuni¢aiiDn funciion and impTovcmcnL of OUT laJ)gua¥cltonc as wrll a5 dic frequcn¢y of our OUIPULI. A5 part of that. we bcJn publishing a qLLarterly n¢￿1¢(1tr. now p'Jblishcd monthly. 'l-h¢ publica(ion of a comprehen%iv¢ academic rcpLWt wc commissioned on (suie rt¥en¢rniion Stsnd5 0th as a BWJI cxaniple of Ihc Lools i¥c usc ou15idc ofihc strictly lesal arena ¢0 brirto abwi social chanE¢. briiiging iogEther rtsear¢li. legal education and communicaiions. Whilst th¢ Teport's coiilellt is excellen( we anticipaie irry ftrv pcople aTC likely lo rcad 11 in its eniirety. Ilowcvcr. w¢ belicvc it will provc uscful as cvidcncc for 5tralcgir litig￿10￿. Wc also wanicd to make it a iool for Lampaigncrs. As a r￿ul1. wc deS1￿￿l alld published a guide to go alon¥sidc li Cnlitled Wlial Gold¢tJ Fra? which SEf¥T£ as iKkih a summary and an eniry point into tr.c IC￿Ti. We also produccd a slioft video with the sani¢ aim. 'I'hcsc ivcre launched al a busy ci'cnl aticndcd by l(KJ pcople. Sinc¢ th¢n. Ivc havc disscmina(ed ihc report widely. We know Ihai ii has alre3dy bccn 'Jscd in aLadetniL legal organi5auons and by eampaigne]5. W¢ tvccnily dclivcred a lllOTC iTt4tepih worksl)op for London campaigne￿ and ivc ate ￿'orkIng wi¢h othcT5 lo caseadc thc infornJarion. sucli as 10 Ihc London Renter5 Union alld London Tenartis Federdlion. Wc also hoEX LO Use the repurt to influence the Mayor of London and ih¢ currcnt govcmncnt io bcL-oJnc morc 4on(* about Iheir Ubc of 'affoTdablc hoL]sing'. Wc will also use thc rLpon io Lhallcngc botli Ihc Mayof of i.oiidon and ceTLifdl EovCn￿￿en1 tha* priviilc financin¥ ofhousing will iiiv¢r brilig aboul Uie tnuch-needed couiiril hoLnes needed 10 r¢solv¢ Ihe ¢urT¢nt housi112 Ctner8ency. 'lThis Ilds provided a blu¢prinL a5 to how wc can usc r¥xaTch ar.d Icgal K%ourccs to build w11￿11v¢ powci with canipciign¢rs ajid an ¢vidcncc for our Strdie8ic le8al WOTk. li 15 imponani lo undctstsnd PILCS rDlc boih as an expen in ils owi t. rhrough lis l¢oal ¢KPCTii5e. bui with i)0 (ksirc to elev*¢ itself abovc aclivisis alid campaigncrs. "n￿ Icgal Lxpertisc (21ongside othcr malcr.als) is wha¢ wc bring lo Ihe [nOwc￿ty This is our contribution to building Iliai inovcinciiT and wc are proud to be a part ofiL Under diis strand. it h&% always been ¢)ur dl￿]rC lo share our appma¢h and expcnisc across Ihe n¢iw'ork of law C￿l￿e5. Wo continuc WUTking c105ely wilh Grcat¢r fvfanchestci Law Ccnirc and Suuthwark Law Centre on planning law casc¥. Wc als(> faciliiated lunchiimc IraiDLli¥ (ogcthu with Landjnark CtwnteTS thc S￿ne subjecl. Wc have also providcd ieinplales and ad hoc supJx)rt 10 oihcr Law Ccntres around J{￿l(la1 Reviui work. for the next 12 Inonihs, we intend io do the following.. Siippori inlerLslcd Luw Ccntr¢s io dcvclop slralcgic lili4ation work Sliarc reflcctions and Ican)ings aboui our l¢gal ivork ￿.]lh oihcr la￿ Cenires as a ivay to build M￿1]I11g￿l relationship5 bl Rcticctii'c Pra￿]ce 'rhe 5ccond slrand is abou¢ discussi118 inicrnalty ivh2l TnOveTn￿l lawyering me￿IS io PtLC to cnsure Dur approach reniai115 r¢fl¢ctivc and dyl￿,1]it and thai w¢ atc 41blc lo con)muniealc it cxlcrnally. Our aniiuaj Am'a). Day. briiigiii¥ iogTcihLr sLaFf ar.d inisi¢¥'s lor a day of rcflcciion and planning crnircd on ihis tyonrcpl, cxplorin¥ wherL" PILC'S approach is siinildr arid whcrc li slriys from the ¢radilion iviih tb.e hopc or romiul)ting our own priiieiplcs. WE also itJvi(ed Jason Teilcy frDiiJ Grcatcr Manchcslcr l.aiv C¢nlrc io iell u5 aknui ihcir rdaiionslup to Jnarginalised ¢oinmunitie5. whicji sliarc som¢ Similariti￿ bul is implcmcntcd diff￿ently. lljc day gctLCtated fasiinaiin¥ discussiots ivith t￿%￿1¢u1aF points in our pproach io furthereKplore. such ￿ Iljc'tcnsion. bclwccn bciii¥ lawycrs and can1pa1￿￿ers. By way of sharing how we work exten￿llY wc did Ihe followtJ]g'. Prcscntaiton at varioiis cyents inl11￿l￿g thc knn8 foundati(p]J'5 Trsidcntial and a Public Law Projcci event on cth-producing Ic8al sirai¢gics with communiiies PILC'S diteclor recordcd a pod¢as( lor Just Rights Scot]and io th.${3￿ PILCS approath and lull￿dUCe some of our prujccts. Page 10 PUBLIC INTERE￿ IAW CENIRE REPORT OF TIIE TRUSTEES for ihe year ended 31 March 2025 Trundraising ruiidraisilig rcmains key 10 PILC5 businLS5 model ￿)d accounts for 3PA ofour income over ihc pa51 12 tnoni115 (2024.. 40n/tyl. Thi$ r¢presc]iiS a slightly loivcr proponion of our ovcrall ijicomc dcspitc a 25°h LllCTcasc in fundraisijig, duc ID th shdrp incrca5e iii carncd irtLOlnC. FuDdrdLsing income eiiablcs us to work through our rnovemcnt lawyering m(Mlel - developiiig stralcgic legal work with aroinaliscd individuals, ¥rassrix>ts groups and fronilin¢ orwLisaiion5 whilsi dcliveritjg Icgal Bducaiion and cJpaciiy-building. It a150 enablos us io condu¢1 or comn)ission re5carcl) al￿ ddvocaie on b¢haifof our Cli￿}ts bL'yoiid Lhe courts. finally, fundtaising iocoihe has ejiablcd us ￿ dcv¢lop 8 CQTC tcam capablc of supponing PILC siaÉT. opcratioiis and govern￿1¢¢ in linc with our Strdiegic plan io ¢onsolidaic ihc o￿anisa110ll. rundr315ing in thi5 rcportijig pericxl remains OV¢Twhclmingly focused on wants from irusi$ and foundaiioDS. Wc rctsin a tluiiibcr of on80ing proj¢¢t grants 3nd corc funding h&s been invalmable in our cfforts to cojjsolidate the organisation'5 anagement. Our approach ro fundraising mosily fo¢usc5 on granls froni trdsts and foutOaiions. boih for Core and projcc( fuTid5. Wc wcrc extrernely fortuualc lo bc awwded a lium￿r of subsianlial and mulii-)'ear grants in the lasi pcriod. As a rcsult. Ihss ycarhLs bccn focuscd on making 5uYc thai wc dcliv¢rth¢ work on thc5C. We were awardcd two n¢w gtants over ihe last 12 month& knih of ther[] FtOnJ CXL5tiiig funders. naniely.. - AB ChJritsblc"I'ra51 awarded K300.(HX> over 5 years- COTC fjjtmling Joseph RoWntr￿. ChJrilablc TnL%I a%vardcd £75,(KK) oi'¢r 2 year5 tO￿T&s ihc Gy￿1¢5 & .1 rai'cllcTS l.cgal Adviee Projeei Fiindr8LSLng fvo]n individual donors rcmains very, small in Lomwdrjson io incOtt￿ fTom othcr sx)urces. aLLowiiing for Icss Iliai.. 5P/o olour incomL durin¥ ihL tKYiod. Wc atc F.ou'LveT 1fflinc￿lY graicful ko Crow(Uusticc with whoin wc l)av¢ M'ork¢d 5pccific cascs 10 proteci clicnts from pol￿tial ath,crsc tosts of bTuJging legal aciioii, even thougli tliis docs iiol usually bcncfii PILC diTccd)'. -ThcTC is a PayPal 'Donaiion' button on PILC'S wcbsilc, which occasionally rLccives direc( donaliotL5 from mcmkrs of ih¢ publio Due 10 thc limitcd tsatu￿ of Ihi% activity. we havL tH)t SOLighi lo rcg15tcr with tbc (￿lur fundrnisin8 aclivLIics. Ncxl y£yr will be key in p]amiirLg foi thc tr￿L%]ll0￿ away r￿M incomc rdrned from public inquiric& As such, we will rtrsl audit our fundraising activilics lo dale befor¢ wwilin¥ up a ncw fillmbaisijig s￿*gY for 2025-27. 6. binan¢ig1 Revit Wc arc plca5ed to report ihal PILC5 fiEW]cial siwaiion temains SLrong. incomc has Incre￿ed 5ibinifi¢anily again in Ihc lasi 12 mollihs becausc of Ihe iTLfOrnC gctmicd from public inquiric5. Wc ar¢ awar¢ that this illcomc str¢am is duc ro reduLC si¥nifica4tly ncxi year befor¢ ¢nding complctely around March ?026. We will coniinuc managing our rcsourccs cautiously to CnSUTe ihe long-lcmi firyancial sW8tsinability ofihe or_oai)Jsaiiott. PILC-S gross inLome was £?,586.577 PO?4.. £1.867.?951 Ivhilsi iotsl cxw￿LIU￿ atnounicd io £1.969.141 (2024.. £1.447.26il.'fhis rc.￿U]ICd ill ti llcl ineomL of£617.4i612024.. £420.0301. Gmss Intome iiicrca5cd 39.kn comparcd io the last Tcponing period. This is nu11￿Y du¢ ￿ a¥Jother uicrease Jn earned inLOli)c from public inquTrics 4u)d in¢ludcs CouTtscl Fce5 {SCL noie 2. bclowl. Givcn lh¢ icmporJry natiirc ofdiis carncd 11)eoinc. Inuch of il is ￿Ing T￿rVed lor usc ivhen th¢ Org3￿1$all0A ￿￿llIonS ai ihe cnd of thcs¢ public Inquiri￿ around tar¢h 2026. Tothl Lxpcndi(iire was £1.969.141 (2024.. £1.447.2651_ 'n￿ inCTc￿ came PriTnarily from higlier legal and slarr cosls. Legal ¢OilS (COU￿¢1 l-.ecs and Cosis Consuliantsi &wciaicd ivElh bTingin8 in inor¢ rcvcnuc lotsllcd r969,725 (2024.. £730,398) 2nd. as the PILC leatn grew a[￿ cmployce bv]efiis w¢Jc improved, staff costs werc ¢850,163 (2024.. £622,9241.-fhc remaining sinall irKTcas¢ in cxpmdiiure LS aitnbutable ts) organisaiional ET0￿h and rising inflation. Pagcll PbBI.Ic LYfERFST LAW CkNI'RE REPORT OTr TIIE TRIJSTE for Ihc yv4r ended 31 hlarth 2025 Sialcmcnl of fillancial Aciiviii IJILC'S illCOilLe be broadly dividcd in fourcalc8orics'. l. Gtants from Trusts and l-.oundaiioThs amounL¢d 10 £588278 (2024: £471.6131. a 25PA incrcaw on what had b¢¢n discd ii) Ihc prcvious pcrioLt We exp￿$5 tsurgralltu￿. ￿= o AB Chantablc TTU51 o B￿ing I".oundaiion o Cily Bridgc foundaiion o Disrupi foundalioIi o Garden col￿ ch￿￿￿[5 SrKcial l.'und o J05cph Rowntrcc Ctwiiablc Tru o Matrix Caus¢s l.und Oak l--oundaiion o-llic Access io Justicc boundaiion o'fhc Ixgal Educalion Fowidaiion o'rn￿[ for London o TudorTTUSt 2. farned irt¢ome from lesal work for the year amountrd ￿ £1,899.fM8 {2024.. £1.366,139). Thcse figures include fees for Counsel and Cogis Consultants. which iothl £969.725 (20?4-. £730.3681. Th¢ figure for eamed incoine attTibuiabl¢ tts PILC LS thcrcfore.. £929J2312024= £635,771), a 460/0 JncttaseoD ihe lasi repDrti118 p￿10d. 3. Doiialions from IhL gLncral publiL havc increased sj8mflG￿1IY du¢ ￿ our Thorc TC8ular usc ol CrowdJusiitt dppedls. This amountcd 10 £73.$11 12024= £19,?1101. 4. Oihcr inLUlnL fToin trainin8, COTwltsncy and oihcr Misccllan¢O￿ in¢vin¢ ajnountcd to E2.81712024.. £7,700). b. Balance SIK Cash ai bank incrca8ed modcraicly (0 £1.186J31 12024.. £979.9691. tn addiiion 10 lh¢ usual rcquirctncnls thal PII.C Inaintains a SUDstsniial casli bu(T¢r givcn ihc duratii>n of pthlic law ca5e5. Icngthy billing proccdures and protra¢icd 5ciilemcnts for paymcnl oficgal work, iyc are also pwparing for a wiod of Iransition where income will go significai)Ily down whcn piiblil inquiri¢s cnd. Thc nccd for increascd ￿serV¢S also wncLts ihe stcady gr0￿h ofiht organisalLon atLd a550cialcd eXp￿ditUrc. Cash and ¢ash eguiYaleDts at 31 Marck ?025 incluth £66.￿ in reStric￿d fimds 12024.. £23.7￿1 Icaving PILC £1,119,437 in unrcstrict¢d fun(t% (2024". £956.269). Nolos I l and 12 on pag¢ 27 of thc accounts &4ow a breakdown of PILCS debtor5 and crediiors. Dcbtots arE largely made of trad¢ dcbiors in the forni of paym¢nts frojn thc Covid-19 1t4uiry a￿1 th¢ Ulldwcovcr Policing Inquiry. 'ALcniLyI ijicoinc. TepTesents oiir Ivork in Progrcss Ill"hPI wilh a valuc of£327,641 1?024.. £154,886). Thc incrcasc in Ilic val,Je of thc WiP is due to ilie grow￿4 of ihe lilioalioll icam and dclays li) Ihc billing proce55. Oth¢r debiors arc disburseinents iv¢ have on ca5CS that TccoUJ￿d at thc cnd of casLs. Turning to ¢r¢ditots, ¢hc highcsi figure inirrors Ihal of dcbtors in Ihat ihey reprcs¢ni monir5 owed (o Counscl For bDth. public iry4uirics. lTh¥Y¢ ss also £153.8?3 of grnllls paid in advan￿, ryotcd &5 'othcr crcdiiors'_ T&xaiion and social securiry arc VAT and PA YE. thic lo l.IMRC a¢ 31 March 2025. 7. R￿ery￿ Poliev 'rhc Board of 'l'rLSslccs has stl a iar¥eL of TUain￿8 frce rcservcs which rcwescnl six months. ofannual OPCTaling eosls. 'I'hi% amoiint is rnflcclii'c of gen￿al g￿MI PT2CUC¥' in ihc chaiiw seaor #nd is cvcn more ijiiponant for PILC as il requires Iiigiier levels of¢ash ilow duc lo Ihc nat￿￿t of M"Otk. PILCS Tknrd 0fTrust￿5 consider frce rcserves io be ail ai'ailabl¢ cash al bank cxcluditsg r¢styJ¢¢tyJ aud dcsignBid fuDds. As Ihc orBanisatioi) has gr01v￿ PILCS new rcsmro% targd has increawl 10 £641.707 12024.. £493.5671, which COLTcsponds 10 six monihs. annual Dperatinq costs from ihe orgatLi5aiiopal budget 12025-26). Thcsc welves enable the Law Ceniff 10 dcal wilh Ihe folloiving LOTLtingenci1s-. Pa8c 12 PUBLIC INfEREsf LAW CENI'RE REPOKT OF TIIE TRusfEES for tho y￿r cuded 31 March Z025 Problcnjs with Cdsh flow due 10 delay li Icgai Ln¢om¢ payMen￿- l.atc payment. rcdiiction OT Wlthdrawal ofgrani fundinE' Rcduciion in Legal Aid earned in¢omc- - lil the cveiii of closure, three rn0nd￿ nlnning Costs io wind w? the or8anisaiion alld pay [edUnd￿Kies. Icaschold and Ol￿T liabilitlCS. 'IThis year, Ilic Board h25 in21niaitted Iht iarocts for lis dcsignaied funds, tlic largcst of whicli is for managin¥ tlic Iraiisiiion ai%Try fiotn ivorkinij on public iiwuiric5. Iii SULrJnary, iolal eahh ai bank less re8tyi¢i¢d and designated fuiids Icaycs frce rcscrves to covcr six Inonths. budgci¢d ¢x]KndiluTC. as pcr thc wblc bclow. At 31 March 2025 'I'olol cgsh at b2nk Le￿ rcsiricted funds 1.186.337 Unreslricfed c¥45h al bAnk Lcss Dcsi8natcd funL15 1.119,437 477.730 "rec cash reserves 641.707 Tliis poliey is rcvicwcd aT￿Lia]lY whcn ihc Ix)ard of knLstces considcrs the end of y¢ar projc¢tions and the audited accounis. 8. Principle Rlsks Pll.C policics. pThKcdures and sysiems are w¢11451ablithcd. Thcy continwj to k rcviewcd pcrioditally and Improvcd wh¥icvcr pD55ible_ Wc h?vc a Cornplil4 IKC Plan and mainmit) a Risk R¢gis1￿. whilh is U￿alCd whcn risks are idmiificd. li is rcvicwcd quartcrly by thc Suiior ma1]a￿¢T￿¢￿t 'fcam and thc Board orTn￿lecs. Siaff are iraincd aiinually Otj safegu#rdÈng and dath prDicclioii. Wc also havc a B￿lA¢s$ Coniinuity Plao which is tr5¢¢d allmially. 'nLC priinary risk ideniified this ycar rcfleLi% dic rnpid wwth of Ihe Organi￿(1011, duc lo the incr¢as¢d rcsour¢¢s JiL¢d¢d io cope wilh lh¢ d¢niands of Ihc Covid 19 Tnquiry. Wc havc rccnjilcd ali addiliotLal 7 siaff fixcd-lcnn contracrs. This fuMheT raises ihc snip0n￿]Ce of SI￿ngthe￿Ing vaTiOUS aspects of PILC5 managen￿ni. As such. we recruited a cxpcrienecd soliLILOI 10 SUPCTVjSC Ihc Covid 19 Inquiry work aThJ we are Iix)king foThTrard to having a Pcople Managcr in poa by July 2025. This has also brouxhi into r(Kus ihe nced for addilioD3J fundin¥ as our eentral COSL¥ in¢rease. which rernain C￿¢￿118] io ll)ainiain a rob￿$( orgartjsaiion and sUP￿r[ our Ic8al ivork. We rcn]ain aware thal, from April 2026, wc a￿ highly likcly to ccasc ￿1VIllg incoine from ihe Coi4d 19 Inqiiiry and thc UndcTcovcr Policing Inquiry. which 108dher prowd¢ a subsiantial ]xiccntagc of our incojnc. Wc have built fin￿le1&] forecasL$ 10 hclp us plan fo.- Ihc nexi 3-5 years. By way of niiiigating agaiEtst this loss of incoine, we are also buildino r￿erVCs ro cnablc PIl.C 10 m2nayc a tran5ilion we cA]m￿C to last around 2 ycars durin8 which ii'c arc likcly lo poqt dificiLS bLforc wc Laii rciurn lo a surpr￿%. l-,inally, as noied in prcvious ycars. ow work is poliiically scnsiiivc. Wc lak¢ cxira prccautions arnuiid cornpliancc lo prolccl Ihc organisalion from Ycxaiious eomplaints or other crilicisTh. TnJMLfS will also d¢diCa￿ additional rc50urccs lo risk Managern￿l ovcr th¢ ncxi 12 tnonths. 9. Goi'ernance & Management Wc are conimilted io gorxl govcrnance at)d u]ider5tsnd dus is besi done by contir.uous iniprovement, through regul rcvicws of our strcngths and wtraknc&8cs. Following the adoprion of a consiilution in ihc lall reportin￿ period, trusiecs approved a Governancc MallLial, bringing rlarily lo ourgovernancc process￿ and sthdards. Wc a150 uscd tbc drdfi auditcd accow)ts (o delve fithher imo PiLCs r]nallce5 a]id up5kill all trust￿ on fillanc¢. This included varian¢¢ analysis, undcT51anding ofincoinc sourccs, fi￿d￿L$l￿g Sts3tc¥y and rewvLs poliry. Wc a150 IIKked at rinaiicidl forccasis for the nexi 3-) y¢ars. l¢arning MOT aboui wkcre PJLCS itKoine come5 from. Ihc long-tCTms nsk5 10 5UElaii￿b1llry and di5CU55in8 sornc ofthe assumpi.ons irade in Ihese first forccas Pag¢ 13 PUiILIC INTERFST LAW CEN1'R REPORI. OF TIIE TRLsfEES for Ihe )'ear ended 31 Nlarch 2025 We lield our aimual away day, bn"ii¥iJ)g 51aff tru51LYS iogcthcr io reflc¢i on moveL))cnl laivycTill8. Wc also bcncfiicd rroin IhL partlCIPalion 4)fJawn Tcilcy. DirectorofGr¢ai¢r manch￿[cr la￿. Ccntrc. Board of Tnts1￿% Siv. rc5igncd aflcr ll￿re ihaii foiir ytrars as a truslC¢, thrcc of ihosc as cli￿r. Ivt are txlThicly grnicful for the support and guidaiicc SUL broughi 10 PILC ii) it5 carly 51agc5 and ILN)k foThvard 10 ¢on¢inuing ivort(in8 with her in her caiiipaigniiig 8Jid llnion rolc8. I'ollowiii¥ a skills and cx]KriCil¢C audiL wc advcrii5cd for Iwo tr￿stee rol¢s recruilcd BO￿larka l.'iller. a housiii eanipaiLinci with ILv¢d cxperiencc of TeM￿rary A¢¢omtnodaiion and rcdevelopmeni of her esiaie and Chris Bauoh, retired union Icader. Llizabcili O'J4ara and Lou Crisficld rcntsin as cTrChairs. a5 thvid &￿Tr￿urer. Mana crncni ci Tli¢￿ wcrc no changes lo ihe scrtior managemerf during ihe peri(Ml. ThL BoJTd approved a plan lo cnsure ihai PILCS ¢4￿ratIonal infrastn￿Urc Tttiiai￿5 rE>busl aTLd approprialcly Tesourccd lo support ollr high volunics of Icgal work. Following a comulthiioll all Sta￿, Ive crcaied a p05ilion for a P¢ople Mana8cr Wlih responsibilily for human r￿oUrCes. slalTwelllxiog. leanJir]g ar￿ devclopmcjjl. Wc a150 jiIIcTLd for thc rolc io Slrcngihcn PILCS divcrsity and ini¢rnal cotnmunic*ion5. ani5arional Devclo mcnl Oiir opcraiions and i￿Rip[la￿CL coniiniiL 10 ￿ well.mana¥LxI. Wc siicccssfulij paxstd audits by thc l.cgal Aid Ag¢ncy in April 2024 and L¢xcel iii DccCMtr￿r 2024.'IIic5c dcmonslrdied hi￿ Icvels ofpra¢ii¢c Inanasa￿ent and clicjii tare. Staff wclllKino ren￿inS very importani ¢0 organi5atLonal dcY¢lopm¢nt and wc cnEaqe with siaff in a variety of way& to cnsurc they r¢n)ain healihy and happy al woe&_ We hai'c iK¥uii nc¥otiaiions willi reprLsenlaLives 10 a¥rcL' Ilie r¢cDgnitJon of il)c Indu5tr1ai Workers ofthc WoTld union. PC￿10n coThtribiiiions WCT¢ iiT)PTDvcd froin its/• to 7P Ai 31 March 2025, PILC employs 20 $￿trI18.9 n'r {2024-. 14 stsff. 13.5 FfE-} and uscs ihe Servic￿ of a self-eiiiployed rinancc Officcr{0_5 FfE} and two con&iliant solititors. STiiucfuRF., COVLiU4AL%'Cb. AND.MAf4AGF.MENr Govcrning docunient Th¢ chariiv is coiiirollcd by govcmingikKumcnl. a dccd of(ntsiand conMillLics art uJiin¢ony)ratcd charity. P38e 14 ?VBLJCLYTERESTLIWC8..YT RfpooT OF Tr£ TRUST- t6rtbt ieAreuded 31 24?5 8T.: TF:::7EN7 :. rhe trusieeq are re.sNJDsible for greparing lil_ts Rc5YOf O tFe IrusTeL% dnd the fuwnciai Sfatentnis '.ll 3¢curdanct with applicable law and L'nit¢d kngdom Ai£ouD: g S•aDdards i￿nIted Kmirdom G¢neraily Accewed.4ccA)witing Practice). Th¢ law appliiable io LILariTies ￿ &ngl8E.d anQ W3 CS. if barjEEl￿ Ati 2011. fbar.ty IALCOUnlS znd Repi)ns} Regulatlorys 20Q8 an(1 ..lie jrovisioll5 Ot Ihe deed nyiuircs the trE51e4S ro Fryare lina￿claI 5taiemcnts' for each rinancid t/￿1. w'h.:ch o,'ve a aiyd fdjr i_:: .OLlJT¢s &pplITrJti￿ry Qt .t&OUiLe%. 1ftcli￿d4n￿ Li￿. Jnconc exper￿dI￿rE of ..h¢ thsriky for that perio& preparing those ruwncid statem¢nt4 the trustu ar. reqllire(l ts)." ielect %u! 'tabl¢ &¢¢oulllmg policies acd then aFplv thtynco]L%itsfr￿dy". -'Jbsm'c ile metFads ar.d yT.D¥iple5 Clarity)ORF- .ll￿ke judgemeniQ and fiL4t ar= rtasoqaoic a..dptu￿=nt" iAplaLYJcJ :._0 lh¢ It￿4]7¢1*11 *￿t￿l￿ell[5". - prepaii th¢ find￿lla{ sthL-Eneni% on the go￿ micer4 L￿8￿ upI¢si ¥1 is thappropriate to prrsume that thc ¢112rttw will continue in b￿lDi￿. -L: '.).-.eraai dep2riUf¢S Ai&LI(Ji¢d and .￿￿ED_bern of ttic ¥bthrity gu&r&:lkne iL' Lonir1Si￿e an arn_*uni not =Xbeooing _i 70 the ￿Sets Bf tbe Cha￿lY ill Iht ￿￿ellI Ot wiiidirg 4?. Th¢ U)￿.. numotT Ot skn-.: ' sx1lu2.1.[￿￿ g- 31 1..la.-. . 9. The 4r- ,member.% bt ihe bui lThe tNstett are resporLsible for kecpstig yoper accOEWSti￿g records which discltssc with rea>oTrabl¢ a￿￿ra¢V at any time the ￿tr￿lEs, arsd io eEable ttheth 40 CnSLr* J1￿ j¢ Staiem&its compl¥. K'Tib ttric -haritie5 Arl 2011 Ihe LiNTr.try {A￿￿O0￿LE nd %cgL)za￿CTh5 ?OOS ond ?￿VISIOnS of the Uust (teea. Tlicy also a".' , capaciiy. D b4¢Jbe- REPORT OF"I"IIE IPiDkPkP*DLY"r ALTDITORS IO'I'IIL TRUSfELS OF PUBLIC i.YfEREST LAW CEhTRE Opinion Ve have audited the fJiiaDcial stsiements of Public InLcreA Law C¢ntre Iihe'ciwiiy) for the y¢ar ¢Jided 31 March 2025 which Co￿p[l$C '.hc Siatc¥ncnt of financjal acliviiiLA thc Ba13ncc shcct. thc Cash flow slaleTn¥nl and iiolcs lo Ihc financial siaicmeni& includins a sumrnarv of ￿gnIfIcant accounting policics. The finan¢ial rn¥orting fram¢work thai has applied iii their pr￿￿tatiOn is appli¢tsble law and Lniityj Kingdom A¢¢ounluig SthndaTds {uni1￿ Ksngdo G￿trallY Acecpied Accourtiiiig PrdctLce). lji our opinion Il)e financial staicments-. ivc a Iwc aiid faiT VLCW Df thc Swlc of thc ¢harity5 affairs a5 ai 31 MaTch 2025 and of 115 inco]ning rcsourccs and applicalion of resources. for th.e yLaf lh￿) Lndcd: ave been prO]￿Y prepared In actord2nct ivith urtl￿d Kin8dom Ger.c￿1]Y Accq)(ed A¢¢owiting Prattite. and liaic bccLI pfcptsrcd in accordJ]ic¢ wilh the rCquirCm￿ts of thc Chan¢ic5 Act 2011. Ba5L5 for Dpiniun Ive conductrd our wthi ID accordance ivith IntcThaiioval S&tLdat& OD Audiling {UKI {ISA5 (UKII and applicablc laiv. Our rc5ponsibilities undcr thosc 5tstKiaTds are further (Ic5eribcd in thc Audj'iors. rcspon5Lbiliiies for the audit of ihc rman¢ial siaiements S¢Clton ofour tcport We a￿ Ind¢pth￿cnl ofthe ¢h2riiy in 4¢cordart¢e the cthical r¢quiremenlS thal arc relcvani ￿ our addit of the finaniial slaicmLnls iii Ihc UK. i]Trcludin8 Ihc FRCS F.thical Slalld￿d. aiid we liavL (uifjllcd our odi¢r ¢thiul r¢5ponsibiliii¢s in a¢¢ordathc¢ ivi¢h il)csc rcqyiT¢mentk W¢ ￿lIev¢ thai th¢ audit cvidcii¢¢ wc havc obtained is suificicnl and appiopriatc lo providc a basis fo.- our opinioiL Conclusions relating lo going conccrn In audilLiig the fiw¢ial siaiement4 we h2i'¢ c1)￿]￿ded thai the llustres, of the going conc¢m basis of 2ccouniing in the prLpaT&iion ofihc financial Sthicmim15 is appropriaie. 13ascd on thc ivork wc have pcrfornicd. Ivc have no( identified any r￿..erial lli)ccnainti￿ relaiing 10 events or conditions thai. individually 01 collcctj￿C￿y. ma). casi signific#ui doubi op ihc charily's abilily Io ¥onlinue as a soin¥ CODccm for a pLYiod oral Icasl IwLlvc months fmm wliLli IIIL li￿1)¢1¥1 siaicineijts atL auilM)nscd foi issut. Our rcspoTLsibilitie5 and Ihe r¢5PO]]sibililics of the iviih rcsr*a io going c￿lCern described in the relevanl s¢¢tions ofthis r¢wTrJt Olhcr Informatlon Thc trLlStLYS arc T￿pOnsIbIC for thc other infomiation. The oiher infommiion cuinpnscs thc Infonnalion included in th¢ Annual retx)rL othcr thath lh¢ fLnan¢ial s&i¢m¢nis and our Rep)n of thc IT￿ep¢ndc[￿I auditoTh thercon. Our opinion on ihc fijwicial siat¢m¢nlS docs not wvcr th¢ otheT ijjfottnalion pnd. cxcepi to lh¢ exleni oiherwisc expliciily stsied in our TqN)ri. ￿ do noi cxprc5s any fonn of a55urancc concliLSLon IliereoJL I Col￿teCtion Ni¢h our audil of ihc financial 5tstcmcllls, our rc5ponsibiliiy is lo read the othLY ittforn)atioi) and. in doing $0, ¢onsJdcr ￿'h￿h¢r ihe othcr infom)ai.'on is Ma￿]#1]V inr0rt5i￿cnt i¥'ith thc financial ￿alernents or our knowlcd¥c obiained in thc audil or oihcnvi5c apr￿arS io bc maieriallv missthled. Ir w¢ idcniify sucli Ill4￿￿#1 inconsi5lcncics or apparcni Ma￿[121 rn155¢alctnents. wc arc TcquJEd io dcleTninc whcdicr Ihis gives rise io a mar¢.ial Inisstsiemcn: In Ihe fiiiancial statcnicnts thcnisclvcs. If, bascd on thc ￿'0[k wc ha%'c pcrfortncQ wc Conclude Ihai thcr¢ is a mai¢rial missthicmcni of Ihis o',hcr iThfoTmaiioru wc are rcqUi￿￿ io report thaL f&L IV¢ h3vc Tjothing io rcpori in Ihis rcgard. Matters 011 ivhich M'e are required to rtptsrt by ¢yttplio Vc IiilVL w1hin￿ to TCPOrt in rCS￿￿1 of Ib.L followiiix maiicts wherL' Ihc Clwili¢s (A¢rounts aiid Rcport5) Rcgulalions 2fM8 requires lis 10 r¢pon 10 you if. ii) OUT opiziion-. thc informaiioii givei) IL) Ibc Rcpon olihe llusices is inconsis¢cni sn a]iy njalcrial resrtti ivith ihc fjnallcial staiemwits, or suificicni accounting rccords have iioi kcpl," or the financial sta'.cmcnts arc iioi in agrccment M'ith ihe atcoujjting rLXOTd5 and rciun]s' or wc have noi rcttived all the infonnaiion and explaiiaiions wc r¢quirr forour auth"i. Page 16 REPOR'I. OF TIIfr. IP*Db:PE.%DE.N'l' IILIDI I'ORS'I-O 1-IIE I'RUSI'EkS O PLBI.IC IhTEREST IAII, C&￿-1'RE R¢$ponsibilities oftrnsleL As explained IllOAT fully in Ihc Sknicmcni of trustcts, resJx>nsibiliiies, thc mLSi¢¢S aTC n5pol￿1blc for thc P￿paration or the finanLial siatctncnls i¥hieh give a trne and laLr vJ¢w. and for siich internal control a5 thc tTU51ccs deierniino is necessary io ¢iublc th¢ preparniior. of fiiianciul 5talcmcnls thal arc fTCC from niaicrial niissialeiiiei)I, wlieiliet due 10 fraud or crror. In preparins thc financial staicrncnts, Ihc IrusicL% arc rtSPODsiblc fT)r asscs5111¥ ihc ¢h2Titls thilily to ronlilluL as a goin coiicern. disclosinb¥, as applicabl¢ maiics Tclated io goitjg con¢LTh alld u5in8 thc going conccn) basis of a¢¢ountin uiile5S thc tru%tres Cither iiilend io liquidale ihc cknrity or Lo te&%e operAIioDS, 01 have no rulisiic alteEnalive but to do Our respollsihiiilie5 for ihe audit of thc finaDcilll 5tatetllcuts Vc liavc tKcn appointed a5 audiiors undcr Scciion 144 of ChariiLCS 2011 and rcport in accDrdancc with ihc Acl and re1cK￿l rcgultsfjtions madc ot h)i'ii)g c(fcci Ihcr¢uiiLkr. Our obje¢tivcs a￿ to obtain rcasonabl¢ a55urancc 3boLrt lvhcl￿r thc flllallcial 51alements as a wholc arc fiw fn)m Inaicriiil ￿L&s1a1￿￿c￿I, whcthcr dile LO frdud or error, and 10 issuc a R¢wrt of th¢ ind¢pciidoil audiiOt5 ihal includcs oiir OP'.TJion. Reasoiiable a&surance LS a high Icvcl ofa55UTancq but is noi a guaranlcc ihat all audit conducted in a¢¢ordan¢¢ vith ISA5 IUKI will alw'ays dctcct a mat¢Tial missiaicmelli whell i( exisis. MisstatetneTrts can an5¢ froTll fraud Dr C￿Or and arc considered matLYtal if. indi¥idually or in thc aggrcgatc. Ihcy could Twonably k CXI￿cted 10 innutnce dit CCOnQTnic dccision5 oluscrs Lakcn otl Ihc b&sis ofihcse fLtianc&al ststcjnents. 'rhe exieni io which our procedur￿ arc capablc 0rdc￿1Th8 ￿gularl[le& incliidittg fraud is d¢tail¢d b¢loiv.' li) idcniifying and a￿SSIng risks of Thatctial mis5ratcmcni in rLspccI of I￿C￿ll12n11cs. iiicludiiig fraud and erroT. We Co1￿1¢kred d)c followtng.. - the nalurc ofihc Indw%iry, ¢on(rol tnviTOntncnL 3Dd bu5incss wforniancc,. - rtsulis of ourenquirics lo rnanagcincni aFxHJt thcir oivn asscssm¢ni orth¢ risks of r￿ud and crror. Ihe :llallcis discusscd amoii¥ the audil tn8agemtni tcxm rtgardi￿ how ￿ld thcrc fraud may oc¢ur i]1 lh¢ flnullciiil slalcl)Icn¢5 and any potcnliaj indicalors of fraud. Our pro¢cdurc$ to Lo Tisk includc the following.. - rcvicwin¥ ihe fllwitial sui¢mcnl dis¢lfYsUt￿ and iLsting to suptM)rtin8 dwum¢niai pcrfotniing anajylical procedures 10 identify any unusual or un¢xp¢cwd aTca5 that may irKiscal¢ risks of inatcrial missrar¢m¢nt du¢ 10 fraud QT eTtor." addrc5sing rhe risk of fraud and e￿Or throiigh managmncnt ovcttidc of corytrols. Icsting IhL 8ppropnai¢n¢ss of joumals, ssessing ivheilicr Ihc judgctncn15 madc maknJi8 accoluiiing cslima￿S &"c indicaiivc ora potential bia5. and cvaluatiiig the business rationalc ot'any $18rtiFieant ￿&[￿CtionS thatare unusual or out5Ldc the normal Course ofbusin¢s5. A further dcscriplLOLI ofour respaiLsibilities for thc audi¢ of the fiTWLcial 51alcmeThLS is located on til¢ Finanrial Reporting Council's ivebsilc at wvw.frc.org.uklaudiiorsrcsrrtTrnsibiliues. This d¢s¢ription rom￿ part of our RcN)n of il)¢ Indcpcndeiii Auditors. Page 17 REPORTOFTHElf*DEPEYDENT AUDITORSTOTHETRL'STEESOF PUBLIC INTEREST LAW cEr￿RE Llse of our repoi. Thi5 TepGrt Is made solely to tILe chariry's truste￿ as a body. IH accothte with Part 4 of the Charities IA¢¢ouThc5 and Repor¢sl Re. oulations ?008. Otjr audit wotk has been undertaken so we might swe to ttje -harity's trustees those mallers we are require4 10 stste-.ts Ih&m Jn an auditors, Try)Et and tor no oiher puspose_ To Ihe fitller exia)i petniitted by law. we do Rot accept or assume resp)nsibility tr) atsyoTr¢ 01hy￿ th8n the ph8r'.ty and the chartty's trustee5 a5 & body. for our audit work. lor Ihis Tep)rt. or T.[ the op*nion¢ we have nn¢d. Berringers LLP Chart¢red Accountsnts and StatutorJ.Aurt!to LygOII trlouse JO LonoGiI iioad Bromley Keni e Ig PUBUC wfERFsT LAM, CENTRL STATEIIEKf OTr FI*LYCIAL A￿I)rITIEs for Ibt year ended JI l¥lareh 2025 2V25 'rDtal funds 2024 Total runds Unrcllriclcd ru] Rcsiri¢i¢d runds Nthes INCOME ALN'D ENDOWIILM'S bRObl DOnationsal￿ Icgacics 73Jll 73*11 19284 Chlritable activities Legal repttsentalion 1195212 294.931 1490,143 1.845.452 Invesim¢ni ii)¢omc 21623 22,623 2,559 'I'olal 2291.646 294.931 2.586,577 1.867,295 LXPbiYDITURE ON Cliaritablc Activities Legal rcprcscniaiioji Stsff 105ts Aeconimodation ¢osis Othcr supwrt Costs 969.725 558.773 39J86 82.L?6 969,725 850,163 39J86 11)9,867 730,398 622,924 35,107 58,836 291 J90 17341 1.olal 1.65DS10 31&631 l.Y69.141 1,447.265 'Tr.I- I￿CoL￿1￿(LxPENDITUR￿) 641.136 (23,700) 617.436 42D.030 RFCOIYCILIA'fioN OTr bUNDS Total lunds brollght foTwatd 1.091,641 23.700 1.115J41 695.31 "I"OTAL Fuf4DS CARIUEI) TrORWAIiD 1.731777 ,732,777 The noies fonn pan of th¢sc financial 5taicnicnis Page 19 PiBLI¢-IiTrkT£%ESTL.4W i'EWT4F. BALANCE SH££T 31 Ifarch 2025 ?OZ5 Totsl iircd 2024 Toral funds Restripre El Noies FIXED ￿E'll3 Tangible ass￿1 11.483 11,483 6.868 CURRE&YT ASSETS Debtw.$ las￿ dt bank 1207242 1.18VJA 1.18(J-3 J 6?3,n?? 979.969 2J93573 2,393J:3 1.602,996 CREDITORS AmouDts fal￿1￿8 due wlhin year 12 1672.2791 16Ya? 791 1494.523 1 .YET CLRREf*T LSSETS 1.721294 1.721394 1.108.47.? TOTAL ASSETS L£SS CURRE&y. -IAPIL¥fJ8S 732,777 1,115.J41 Nb7ASS8TS 1.7J2,777 1.115.341 jnre¥tyi¢ted fthn 1,731777 091,64-: TOTAL fL'NDS .115,341 fJ¢tthciat srarcneBIS er¢ appryJvLd b/ the kn ot Tn￿ and au-thorssed foi issue D Ncube- TrbS&ee tmettts VUBLIC llNfF.RL￿ LAW CENTRE CASH FLOW ST,ITEMEYr for the year ended 31 Mgr¢b 2025 2025 2024 Not&% Cash nows frorn operating activiti Casli gcnerdltd from optration5 192,789 485,681 Nei ¢a9h providcd by opcrdiijjg a¢uvi¢ics 19?.789 485,681 Cash noii's from Snv¢sting aelivitics PuTchasc ofiangiblc fixed assets Inlcrcsi rtccivc(I {9,0511) Z2,623 13.2091 2.559 Nei cash providcd byl(uscd inl invcsling aclivilics 13.573 1650) Change tn cash And rd5h rquiY4Jenls in tlic rcportiiig p¢riod CA5h cash cquivalonls at ihe bcginninup of thc reportitsg pcriod 206J62 485,031 979.969 494.938 Cash and ¢Ash ¢qulYalemis ai the cnd Ibr the reporting PL'riod 1.186J31 979.969 Thc rlolts fonn part ()fth¢se f￿ancial SWc]ncnts Pa8c21 PUBLIC ITrITERL￿ LAW CENTRE NOTES'I'O'I'IIF. CASII FLOIV s"fATF.MENI I. for the yvar tDdcd 31 Nlareh 202) RLcof*CII.IAI'IOIN' OTr NTr-I' IP*COLIIE TO NET CIiSEI TrLOIV FROM OPkRA'I"ING Acfivi'i'iES 2025 2024 Net income for tht rtporiiDg period la5 per (he Si*i¢mcn¢ orrinancial Ctivlrles) Adjustments for: DeP￿claI10n charges Inlcrcst rcccivcd It)¢rcase in debtors Incirasc iji crediiors 617.436 420,030 4.435 122.6231 (5&43151 177.756 2,625 (2.5591 1184.8911 250.476 Net caslj provid¢d by operxtion5 192.789 485,681 AIYALYSIS 01," ClbiNGES I.Y ET FULIDS Ai 1.4.24 Casli flow Al 31.3.25 Nel cash C&%h al bank 979.969 206.362 1.186J31 979.969 ZL16J62 1.186J31 'rotil 979.969 206J62 1,186,331 Thc nolos fomi Pdrt ofthcsc f￿anCIal Sthi¢JncnL% Pa8c 22 PUBLIC IKfEREsf IAW CENTRE NO"I'PS TO I"IIE FINANCIAL STATF.MEN'I'S for thr y￿r cnded 31 M&rch 2025 ACCOUN'I'LNG POI.ICITrS B￿15 of propxring the stAt¢mcnis l-hc finanLial slatctncnts of ihc chari'.y, whi¢h is a public ￿ncr1[ cnlity under FRS 102. havc bccn pr¢par¢d in 2¢¢0rdanL¢ with the ClJariiic5 SORP (FRS 1021 'Ac¢ouniing and Rcportitig by Chatiti¢S.. Slaicmciii or Recommeimted Practic¢ applicablc 10 charities ptep3Ting their aceounLS in ac¢ordancc with ihe Financial Reponing Stand3rd applicable in th¢ UK #nd Republic of irtland Iklls 1021 {cffccuvc l January 2019),, I'jnancial k¢portin8 Siartdard 102 '1l1¢ 1-in￿￿ClaI RLPOtlJng Stsrtdwd applicxble in Ilic LK and KcpiibliL of Trcland. and ilie Clianlies Aci 2011. The fjnancial stht¢mcnts havc prepared llnd¢r thc historical ¢rist coiivcnuon. Income All uJ¢onie is rccogniscd in the Siat¢mcrLt ofTritwiciai Aaiviues th¢ ¢hatity ha5 enliilcli￿nl to the fvnds. it is Probablc thai the iAcom¢ wll ￿ rcccivcd and thc atnount cwl bc mwwcd wliably. Expenditur¢ Liabi1115CS rcCO￿lscd as ¢xpcDditurc a5 soon as i11c￿ is a ¢gal UT Lons1￿clive obli¥aiivn cojniniiiinL (hL cliurity lo Lhai ex￿n￿lI￿r¢, ir 15 probabl¥ that a Iral￿fer ofeconoinic bc]icfits iyill bc rcqJircd in 5Ctileii)ent and the amouni of The obligaiion caji b¢ rt)c35urcd reliably. r.X￿￿.Nre is ac¢ounlcd for on an aecnthls basJ5 and has bccn clas5ificd iijjdcr headings that cJic all com rvlatcd ID thc calcgory. Wherc costs callnot bc dirccily ttributed io particular hcadings thcy have l*en allo¢aicd to aatviiies on J basis consi5tenl wilh th¢ iise or rcsourc¢s. Tgngiblc fixcd assets DcprcciaiioIi is ptoi'id¢d at ihc folloiving annual ra¢3 in ordcr 10 Wri￿ ofr cacl) a55Ct ovcr i15 Csliiijaicrf useful CottiputCT cquipmttjl 2￿/• On COSI I'llxation Th¢ chati¢y 15 cxcnipi from lax on its chaTithblc athiviiits_ Fund #te•unting Ujircstricicd fvt)ds ￿J7 u5cd in acCo￿tt¢¢ wilh thc chariiablt Obj(￿LveS at Ihc discTCtion of UIE tTUSICCS. li￿trILtcd funds Lan only bc u5cd foT 5%lrtitulai Itslrictcd pwpos¢s within thc objects olth¢ ¢]wiiy. Rcsrriciions arisc wh¢n S￿cIfIed by thL donor or ivhLlli funds arc rdisd fDrpthiiular rcsincled purposcs. l-.unhcr explanalion of ihc naiutc and PUTP05e ofvdch fvnd is includcd in thc notcs ID ihc r]nallcial stsi¢mcnts. Pension e0515 and otbtr post_rttirement b¢n¢fJlS "I'h¢ charity opcrlllcs a defirted contribution twion srhcmc. CoJJlribuiions payablc io ihc ¢harity'5 pcnsion 5chemc ar¢ charsLd lo ihc ofi'-inancial Activi(Ics in thc pcriixl kn wtiLch ihcy Tclaic. Pag¢ 23 conlinucd... PUBLIC ILYI'F.KLSA' LAII, CEN"ARE O'i'KS'fo'i'iiE TrLWkLNCIAL ￿A"fEm￿￿.s- continuL4d for tht yt4r cnded 31 Marth 2025 DONAI"IONS AND LP'GACITrS 2025 2024 Donations 73,811 19,284 IMES"I'MENT INCOTrIE 2025 2024 DLposil aL¢oiin¢ inlcresl 22.6Z3 2.559 INCOMF. FROM CIIARfJ'AHI.Tr: AcrJvrriF 2025 2024 Adivily Lcgal repT¢5¢ntation Lcwdl rcprcscnlaiion Grants LcLal Incoinc Trdining, services ajid odier incom¢ 588378 1099,048 471,613 1,366.139 l-egal wres￿li0n 2,817 7,71X 2,490,143 1.845.452 Gianls rcceivcd. i1￿[uded in th¢ aiK)vc. follows= 2025 2024 Bariiig four.doiion str&￿SiC LL¥al fund I'h¢ Joseph Ro1V￿1[ce Chariiablc'Cn]si AB Cliariiablc 1-r￿1 Oak foundation Matrix CaL￿lS PILnd Trust for London l-uiiur'ltU5t 'rhc Lc88l Education I'oundaiion Ac¢*s To JiLsticc foundation Ciiy Bridge Trnst Gardcn Cowt Chatnbcr5 S5Kcial r￿d Di5rupi foundauon 96.41JO 64.000 5.546 30,387 32,750 IOS,(K)O 1,800 52,500 35,597 70,000 33,333 23.700 4.000 10,000 .32J31 57.75U i08,{￿0 1.800 40.700 485 70.000 75.000 23,700 4,000 30,000 S￿278 471.613 Page 24 coJiliJJued... PUBLIC INI'EIiEST LAW CENTRE 'o"rES'I"O I'IIL Tr ￿ALl'cl*lL StATEMEYfs- conlitiuod (or the sear ended 31 Mar¢h 2025 CIIAIU1'ABLF. Acfivi"I"iTr:s COSl"S Supw)rt cosls15e¢ otc 61 Costs Toials Lcgal representaiion Staff ¥osts Accolnin￿Ll{lII ¢0S15 Other support CO&TS 969,725 839,2YI 969.72$ 850,163 39,386 IU9067 10,866 39J166 74J23 35544 1OM.506 124,575 1.969,141 SUPE'OR'r cosrs GovemaJi¢c Oiher Staff c0515 Ai¢omr.wdation cos15 Othcr suppon c0315 10,866 39J86 67.513 lo￿66 39.386 74J23 6.810 117,765 6.810 124,575 'rRus"rF.Tr:S' RF.IIqU%'b.RAI'iof* IIYD BP.NF.Tr71'5 Thwe wcrc no Irusiccs. r¢muncJation or othcr bcncfiLS for ih¢ yrar cndcd 31 March 2025 nor for thc ycar endcd 31 Mve are as follows". Incotning Resaurcts rcsuwr¢s CX￿dCd oveinElIt In funds Unrestri¢icd fun G¢n¢ral fund 2291.646 {1.650,5101 641,136 R¢slricied furlds Baryno Foundaiion Joseph Kowntrw charifablc'fn￿1 MatTiX Causcs fuiid Trust Foi Londor. A¢ccss To Ju5ticc l.ounddiion Ciiy Bridgc'l-ru51 96801 32,331 1,800 411,700 99,999 23.700 196.401) 132J311 11,8001 (40.7001 199,999) (47.400) (23,7(￿) 194,931 1318.631) (23,700) TOTAL TrUNDS 2586577 (1.969,141) 617,436 Pag¢ 27 ontinued... PUBLIC Il*TEiIEsf LAW c£￿TAlk -NOTES TO TIIE FINAN'CIAL STATENIENTS- contlmued for fhe year ellded 31 Marrh 2025 13. MOVEMELY"r ￿ FUNDS- rontiUULyI Coniparafive5 for niovemtttt fttttds Nct moverneiit in funds At 31.3.24 Ai 1.4.2) UMrt$tricted funds Gcnirnl fund 684,823 406,818 1,091,641 Restricted funds Strat¢g]L Lcgal l.und Joscph Row)Irec Cl)ariL4blc Ttwi City Bridg¢ Trusi 3,221 7.267 13221 } 17,2671 23,700 23.7￿1 10.488 13,212 23.7(X) "I'OTAL FUNDS 695Jll 420,030 1,115.341 Comparative rtet mov¢ni&Jl in fi￿ds. irKludcd in th¢ 3b)vc are as follows.. ljicoming TC50urccs Rc50UlfC5 cxpcnd¢d MovLinLnl ill fvnds UiJrtSlri¢icd fuuds Gencr21 fuiid .689.359 11.282.5411 41kS,818 Rostrirted fuijds Baring FouiiddlioD Sirnicgic l.cgal l.und Joseph Kowntree ChariiablL Trnsi Mairix Causcs l-.und Trust For London Cily Bndgc Tru5l 61,¢X)i 5,548 30.387 1,81KI {64.0011 18,7691 137,6511 (1,8001 152,51X>I 13,2211 17.2671 23,700 23,700 177.936 (164.7241 13.212 i'o'rAI. FUNDS 1,867.295 {1,447.265 J 420.030 A Current ycar 12 rnOn￿ #nd pnor ycar 12 Lnonths ¢ombincd pjsilion is as follows.. Nei moi'emeni in fui At 31.3.25 Ai 1.4.23 Unr¢stricted funds Gciicral fund 684.823 1.047.954 1.732.777 Rc5tricted funds Sirategic Lwl I".und Joseph Rownirw Charilable TnLSi 3221 7.267 132211 172671 10,488 (10.488} I'OTAL FUNDS 695.311 1.037,466 1.732.777 Pag¢ 28 coniinucd... PUBLIC IN1'EIiTrSI LAW CENI'RE ,No"rb:s'ro Tllb: FINANCIAI. s"fA'fFMk.Yl'S- continu¢d for tbe yeAr ¢nded 31 Nlarcll 2025 13. MOVklllbNI' IN blJNDS- ¢tsntinu¢d A currcnl year 12 mortihs ￿)d prior ycar 12 monilLS COLnbiThcd nct movcyneni in fund& in¢luded in th¢ abpv¢ arc as lollow5'. Inconiing Rcsoutcts exp¢ndcd Mowctn¢n¢ in funds Unre5triciod funds Genernl f-Jiid 3.981,(￿)5 (2.933.051) 1.047,954 Restrictcd funds Baring foundation SITaieg-.¢ L¢gal bund Joscph Rowntrec Clianlablt Tn]si MalTtx caus￿ fund Tnisl For Londo ACCL￿ To Ju51icc I'.oundaiion City Bijdge'fn￿t 160.402 5,548 62.718 3,6 9321X) 99.999 47.41MI {160.4021 (8,769) {69.985} 13,6001 (932001 199,9991 I47.4￿) 13,221) {7,267} 472.867 1483,355 } (10.4881 TO'I'AI, fr UNIDS 4,453.872 (3,416.4061 .037.4C?Ii 14. RLLATTr.D PARTY DISCLOSURF There werc no rclalcd p2rty Inr15aclions for the year ended il March 2025. Pag¢ 29 PUiILIC INTERESI. LAMT CEliI'RE DETAILED s'fATE.MthT OF Flh'L%'CIAI. ACI'IVITIES for tho ywAr ended 31 ￿lArCh 2025 2025 2024 INCOME AND LINDOWP4qEKJ"S Donations and lega¢if5 Donations 73,811 19,284 Invcslmcnt income Dcposii wount inlcrcst 22.623 2.559 Charilable aclivities Grdnis Lcgal Income .1 rdiliil)& 5cr¥iccs and other iiKotnc 588278 1.899,048 2J17 471,613 1,366,139 7,700 2,490,143 1,845.452 'I'oial incorning resourcts 2,5146.577 1.867.295 XPLNDITURk Chjrllablt *¢livÈticy Saiari Social S¢¢UTity Pcllsions No￿[c￿V¢r4bIC disbursemenis Luunscl fccs Project costs al Aid cosl Professional i11surance 690,140 63.284 85.873 708 959051 31,681 9074 3,ISS 536.507 38.598 40.443 1,289 716,188 684 14.18D 2,805 1.844,566 1.350,694 Support ¢Q51$ Olher Rcnl Rat¢s aiid watcr Insurance 'rclcphonc Postagc and 5talioncry Suiidrics Rcpuirs & main¢enancc Advertisi1￿ & mark¢iing -rrnvcl & subsistcncc Bai)k cljarges Subscriptions Clcaiiing Trdining costs Compulcr. 50flware & rr Cosis C2rricd forward 37,686 1,700 354 1,739 3.430 4,830 20 10.333 3,080 746 11,026 303 6,￿0 13,744 95,831 33.695 1.412 329 1,890 3 J23 8,7SI 305 4,225 1,340 417 2.741 741 4,421 10.903 74.493 'IIIis does T￿1 fom part ofthc slaluiory findncial $thI￿ncni5 Pag¢ 30 PUBLIC IF￿ERE￿ LAW CEh'TRF. DETAILED &T*lTEMENT OF FIN'LICIAL ACI"IITI"IES for the year cnded 31 March 202) 2025 2024 Oihcr Brought forward Sioragc & archivin¥ costs L¢gal & professional fees Dondiions Staff ¢ostS Compul¢r￿ulpMcTrI 95,831 934 11539 2,100 1.926 4A35 74,493 786 9,467 2,955 2.625 117.765 90.326 Covcrnallcc eosfs Aiidiiors, r¢n)un¢rJt)o 6,810 6,245 roial rcsourc¢5 cxpcndcd 1,969.141 1.447.265 i ¢1 in¢ome 617,436 420,030 'I'l)Is pagc doc5 fomi orth¢ siaiulory firwlcial siaiancjil Pagc31