Trust or foundation, registered charity 271297
The Legal Education Foundation
From 2021 to now, The Legal Education Foundation has given at least £1.6 million to charities in Wales.
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| General charitable purposes | £922,504 | 59% | 4 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £742,504 | 47% | 3 |
| Education and training | £614,000 | 39% | 4 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £280,000 | 18% | 2 |
| Health and saving lives | £230,000 | 15% | 1 |
| Other charitable purposes | £155,000 | 10% | 1 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £125,000 | 8% | 1 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £125,000 | 8% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2026 | £215,000 |
| 2025 | £266,663 |
| 2024 | £310,000 |
| 2023 | £90,661 |
| 2022 | £379,000 |
| 2021 | £310,180 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 7
- Grants on 360Giving
- 12
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £137,500
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £230,000
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 4 of 7
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff4
- Merthyr Tydfil1
- Swansea1
- Conwy1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- Over £5 million3
- £100,000 to £500,0003
- £500,000 to £1 million1
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
We are an independent foundation supporting communities across the UK to use the law to create a more just and equal society.
- Status
- Registered on 24 May 1976
- Income in its latest year
- £6,346,000, year ending 30 June 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- Yes
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales Council for Voluntary Action | £370,000 | 360Giving | 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| South Wales Law Centre | £272,504 | 360Giving | 2021, 2023, 2025 |
| Cyfraith Gymunedol y Gogledd | £315,000 | 360Giving | 2022, 2025 |
| The Bevan Foundation | £155,000 | 360Giving | 2024 |
| Institute of Welsh Affairs | £125,000 | 360Giving | 2022 |
| Swansea University | £104,000 | 360Giving | 2020, 2022 |
| Cardiff University | £230,000 | 360Giving | 2021 |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.