The Solicitors' Charity

Registered charity 1124512 · since 2008thesolicitorscharity.org·England, Wales·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£1.3M

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

The published eligibility covers individuals only: current or former solicitors on the Roll for England and Wales, and their dependants who need help, so a small nonprofit cannot apply on its own behalf.
Applicants must also meet its income and asset tests (household income below its thresholds, and no liquid assets above £16,000), and it does not fund legal advice or fees, student loans or business debt.
Neither its annual report nor its website publishes an application process, and the only route shown is a contact for getting in touch, so a short enquiry is the sensible first step, and you could ask whether it works with partner organisations, since it provides some support through funded or contracted expert partners.
The annual giving figure of £1,271,620 is a single total that may include grants to individuals, and no grant range is stated, so there is no published basis for recommending a request size.

Overview

The Solicitors' Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1124512).

The Solicitors' Charity exists to provide personalised support for emotional, physical, professional and financial wellbeing. It started with solicitors helping solicitors. Today it supports emotional, professional, physical and financial wellbeing, with support that includes assessments, funded therapy or counselling, career coaching and direct financial assistance. Its registered area of operation is throughout England and Wales, and it awarded £1,271,620 in its most recent reported year.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Solicitors’ Charity provides personalised wellbeing support for current and former solicitors on the Roll for England and Wales and their dependants who need help. Its support is organised around emotional, physical, professional and financial wellbeing. It works directly with clients to agree a package intended to help them return to self-sufficiency. Support includes assessments and funded therapy or counselling; occupational health assessments and financial help with equipment and adaptations; career coaching; and help with budgeting, debt management, welfare benefits and direct financial assistance. It also provides indirect support through funded or contracted expert partners. Its public eligibility information applies financial tests to direct financial assistance, while other support depends on the solicitor or dependent relationship.

Themes

Emotional wellbeing
Physical wellbeing
Professional wellbeing
Financial wellbeing

What they don't fund

Assistance with legal advice or legal fees
Paying off student loans
Clearing business debt

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.

Who can apply:

You are a solicitor (current or former) on the Roll for England & Wales.
You are (or have been) financially dependent on a solicitor or former solicitor for support, usually for a minimum of two years.
You are (or will be) disadvantaged when that support is no longer in place.
The change in circumstance leading to being disadvantaged is within the last two years, in most cases.
Your total household income is below our thresholds. We use Households Below Average Income (HBAI) as our baseline for establishing eligibility.
You do not have access to liquid assets of more than £16,000 and usually have only one property.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£1,462,631	£1,915,069	£128,843	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£2,246,854	£2,096,637	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,510,976	£1,998,500	£146,415	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,648,036	£2,360,667	£110,000	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£1,634,321	£2,595,736	£1,271,620	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£129k grants

YE 2023

£146k grants

YE 2024

£110k grants

YE 2025

£1.3M awarded

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

— No grants figure for that year.

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.