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London Legal Support Trust grants

London Legal Support Trust is a regional foundation that gave around £3.2m in grants to organisations in its latest year, with a typical grant of £10,000.

Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website

£3.2mgiven in grants to organisations (latest year)
£10,000typical (median) grant
Regionalreach
165grants published openly

Overview

London Legal Support Trust (charity number 1101906) is a regional foundation funding charities and voluntary bodies that provide or facilitate free, specialist legal advice, where the people helped are based in London or the Home Counties. Its Small Grants programme offers up to £5,000 per grant, awarded across three funding rounds a year. In its latest year it gave around £3.2m to organisations, with a typical award of £10,000.

What they fund

It funds general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, specifically supporting charities and voluntary bodies that provide or facilitate free, specialist legal advice.

General charitable purposesThe prevention or relief of poverty

Who and where

It is a regional funder covering London, the Home Counties, the East of England, the West Midlands and the South East, supporting other charities and voluntary bodies whose advice reaches people in London or the Home Counties.

Who they help

Other charities or voluntary bodies

Where they fund

East of englandLondonWest midlandsSouth eastThroughout london

What London Legal Support Trust says in its own guidance

Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.

Who they say they'll fund

“Are some or all of the people helped by this advice based in London or the Home Counties?”

Source: londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk — Our Grants - London Legal Support Trust - LLST →

“Do you provide or facilitate the provision of free, specialist legal advice?”

Source: londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk — Our Grants - London Legal Support Trust - LLST →

What they say they won't fund

“The Trust does not fund: Any non-charitable activity”

Source: londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk — Our Grants - London Legal Support Trust - LLST →

Grant sizes they mention

“Small Grants Up to £5,000”

Source: londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk — Our Grants - London Legal Support Trust - LLST →

How they say to apply

“Grants will normally be awarded at grants rounds which will occur three times a year. The deadline for applications for the next round will be published on the Trust web site.”

Source: londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk — Grant policies 2015 →

What a typical grant looks like

Grant size and volume for London Legal Support Trust, from openly published 360Giving data
Typical (median) grant£10,000
Middle half of grants£10,000 – £10,000
Grants published openly165
Most recent published grant2024

Recent grants

From grants London Legal Support Trust publishes openly via 360Giving (the UK open grants-data standard), used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.

Their charitable objects

As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):

The relief of poverty and distress among residents of greater london and the home counties in any way that the trustees think fit, including, but not limited to, through the provision of financial and other support to charitable and other agencies that provide advice, casework or representation in respect of legal…

How to approach them

Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.

Their Charity Commission entry →Funder website (londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk) →
A note on deadlines and application rules:these change, and funders don’t always announce it. Rather than risk telling you something stale, we don’t list them here — always check the funder’s own website and register entry before applying. What we can promise is that the giving data on this page comes straight from official published sources.

Common questions

How much does London Legal Support Trust typically give?

Based on 165 recent grants, the typical (median) award is £10,000. Its Small Grants programme separately offers grants of up to £5,000.

What does London Legal Support Trust fund?

It funds general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, specifically supporting charities and voluntary bodies that provide or facilitate free, specialist legal advice.

Who can apply to London Legal Support Trust?

Applicant organisations must provide or facilitate the provision of free, specialist legal advice, and the people helped by that advice must be based in London or the Home Counties.

What won't London Legal Support Trust fund?

It does not fund any non-charitable activity.

How do I apply to London Legal Support Trust?

Its Small Grants programme runs three funding rounds a year, with deadlines published on the Trust's website. Check current guidance on its website, www.londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk, and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1101906), for open rounds and deadlines.

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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with London Legal Support Trust.