Lawyers' Christian Fellowship
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Lawyers' Christian Fellowship is worth approaching if your work is access to justice in Africa, with East Africa as its priority, where local lawyers give legal education, free advice and representation to people who cannot pay.
- Its annual giving is £33,300 in total, so a modest request is more likely to fit than a large one, though its annual report gives no grant range to size a request against.
- No application process is published in its annual report, register entry or website, so start with the contact shown for getting in touch and explain how your project is locally owned and driven, cost effective and subject to regular financial checks.
- Nothing published says when it decides grants or how competitive its giving is, so ask about timing when you make contact.
- Its grants go to partners for services delivered in their own countries, and it also describes support for core costs, governance, capacity-building and Gospel initiatives.
Overview
Lawyers' Christian Fellowship is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1139281).
Lawyers' Christian Fellowship is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to promote the Christian faith across the United Kingdom and internationally, particularly by working with the legal profession, and to relieve poverty in accordance with the Christian faith. Its International Department makes grants to overseas projects, including CLEAR, which supports access-to-justice projects in Africa, particularly East Africa, through its partnerships with local lawyers. Its annual giving was £33,300 in its most recent reported year.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Lawyers' Christian Fellowship describes its CLEAR partnerships as supporting access-to-justice projects in Africa, particularly East Africa. It gives financial support to partners for services delivered in their own countries, with local lawyers offering legal education, free advice and representation for people unable to pay. The intended communities include poor, vulnerable and marginalised people, regardless of background or religious belief. The Fellowship also describes support for partners' core costs, governance and accountability, capacity-building and Gospel initiatives. It expects project delivery to be locally owned and driven, cost effective and subject to regular financial checks. Its annual report says grants are made to institutions and individuals to further its charitable objectives.
Themes
- Access to justice
- Christian legal mission
- Poverty relief
Geographic Focus
Africa. Priority: East Africa.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Projects must be locally owned and driven, cost effective and subject to regular financial checks.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Africa
- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Uganda
Similar funders
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Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- CLEAR Rwanda£15,000year to 31 August 2025
- CLEAR Uganda£10,000year to 31 August 2025
- CLEAR Burundi£8,300year to 31 August 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 August 2021 | £266,504 | £282,536 | — | Accounts for year to 31 August 2021 |
| year to 31 August 2022 | £268,572 | £276,159 | — | Accounts for year to 31 August 2022 |
| year to 31 August 2023 | £255,527 | £281,182 | — | Accounts for year to 31 August 2023 |
| year to 31 August 2024 | £273,076 | £272,309 | — | Accounts for year to 31 August 2024 |
| year to 31 August 2025 | £297,680 | £294,518 | £33,300 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 August 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- lawcf.org
- lawcf.org/international/africa · read on 25 October 2026
- lawcf.org/international/give-to-clear · read on 25 October 2026
- lawcf.org/about/contact-us · read on 25 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 August 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 25 October 2026.
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