What JustRight Scotland does

JustRight Scotland is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO, SC047818) founded in 2017 and headquartered in Glasgow, operating through a regulated limited liability partnership (JustRight Scotland LLP, SO305962, Law Society of Scotland Registered No 53703). Its mission is to use the law to defend and extend the rights of vulnerable populations in Scotland. The organisation is structured around four "centres of legal excellence": the Scottish Women's Rights Centre, the Scottish Refugee & Migrant Centre, the Scottish Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation Centre, and the Scottish Just Law Centre. It delivers free legal advice, representation, strategic litigation, and public legal education through legal helplines, scheduled legal surgeries, a referral system, multilingual outreach, professional training, and published legal factsheets.

Beyond the four core centres, JustRight Scotland has added specialised service lines including the Worker Support Centre (May 2022) for seasonal horticultural workers and the Ukraine Advice Scotland advice line (2022) supporting displaced Ukrainians. It also runs the JustCitizens community campaign, the JRS Knowhow social enterprise for paid training (launched April 2021), and a Policy & Research function that publishes reports and collaborates with partners such as the British Red Cross, University of Strathclyde Law Clinic, and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland. The team numbers 29 employees including Managing Director Kirsty Thomson, Legal Director and Partner Barbara Bolton, Client Relations Partner Andy Sirel, and a Trainee Solicitor on the Justice First Fellowship.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The business model is a hybrid non-profit: legal aid funding routed through the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) on the legal services side, supplemented by grants and donations from trusts and foundations (including the Legal Education Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, and the Scottish Government Social Entrepreneurs Fund delivered by FirstPort). Any operating surplus generated by JustRight Scotland LLP is donated to the SCIO after payment of outlays. JRS Knowhow provides a non-grant-dependent training income stream. Services are provided free at the point of delivery to eligible clients.

Name

JustRight Scotland

Legal name

JustRight Scotland

Website

https://justrightscotland.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JustRight Scotland is a Glasgow-based Scottish charity that delivers free, specialist legal advice, representation, and strategic litigation through four centres serving women facing gender-based violence, refugees and migrants, trafficking survivors, and people facing discrimination, operating via its Law Society of Scotland-authorised LLP.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Legal Aid Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Defense & Legal Aid Services (BPAIAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Human rights legal services
• Immigration legal aid
• Anti-trafficking legal advice
• Women's rights legal services
• Strategic litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Aid Funding: JustRight Scotland LLP provides legal services primarily funded through the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB). When eligible for legal aid, clients do not owe money for advice or representation. Any income generated is donated to the SCIO JustRight Scotland after payment of outlays.
2. Donations and Charitable Funding: The organization accepts donations and receives funding from various charitable sources including trusts, foundations, and government programs to support its operations and mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

JustRight Scotland provides free, specialist legal advice, representation, and advocacy to vulnerable populations in Scotland through four centres of legal excellence covering women's rights, refugee and migrant rights, anti-trafficking and exploitation, and equality/human rights (with strategic litigation). Its LLP-trading arm also runs the JRS Knowhow social enterprise delivering training and know-how services, alongside auxiliary offerings such as the Worker Support Centre, Ukraine Advice Scotland advice line, legal factsheets, helplines, and surgeries.

Product overview

JustRight Scotland is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation providing legal services through four centres of legal excellence: the Scottish Women's Rights Centre, Scottish Refugee & Migrant Centre, Scottish Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation Centre, and Scottish Just Law Centre. These centres work collaboratively to provide legal advice, strategic litigation, and advocacy across women's rights, migrant and refugee rights, anti-trafficking, and equality and disability issues. The organisation supplements its core centres with additional services including a Worker Support Centre for seasonal agricultural workers, the Ukraine Advice Scotland project, JustCitizens campaign initiative, legal factsheets, helplines, legal surgeries, training programmes, and policy research. JRS Knowhow operates as a social enterprise arm providing professional development and training services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scottish Women's Rights Centre (SWRC): Legal services centre focused on women's rights and gender-based violence
• Scottish Refugee & Migrant Centre
• Scottish Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation Centre
• Scottish Just Law Centre
• JRS Knowhow

Products and services

• Scottish Women's Rights Centre (SWRC) Provides legal advice, support, and advocacy to women in Scotland experiencing gender-based violence, domestic abuse, and FGM, including assistance with protective orders and related court matters.
• Scottish Refugee & Migrant Centre Provides legal advice and representation on asylum claims, family reunion, settlement, statelessness, and No Recourse to Public Funds issues for refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants in Scotland.
• Scottish Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation Centre Provides legal services related to human trafficking and modern slavery in Scotland, including victim identification, NRM referral support, and Worker Support Centre services for seasonal workers.
• Scottish Just Law Centre Focuses on reducing discrimination through strategic litigation and promoting access to justice, with particular focus on disability discrimination, Gypsy/Traveller rights, and human rights enforcement; includes a free confidential discrimination advice line.
• Worker Support Centre Multilingual support service providing information, outreach, and legal assistance to seasonal horticultural workers on the Seasonal Workers Visa in Scotland, including Ukrainian nationals.
• Ukraine Advice Scotland Advice line and support service helping Ukrainian nationals and their family members navigate the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, visa pathways, and immigration status in Scotland.
• Legal Helplines and Surgeries Free, confidential legal helplines and scheduled in-person legal surgeries delivering initial advice and casework intake across all four centres of legal excellence.
• Legal Factsheets Legal and know-your-rights factsheets covering topics including family reunion, domestic abuse, protective orders, and immigration matters, supporting public legal education.
• JRS Knowhow Social enterprise providing paid training and professional development services related to the organisation's legal expertise in human rights and social justice.
• Training & Events Public legal education and professional training events for legal professionals, advisers, and community workers covering FGM Protection Orders, domestic abuse, trauma-informed practice, and related topics.

Quantifiable outcome

• 920 referrals to National Referral Mechanism from Scotland in 2024
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered major and minor.

• KIND UKmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to strengthen rights and protection of children and young people in need of immigration support. Works with law firms and corporate partners.
• Human Rights Consortium ScotlandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Make Human Rights Justice a Reality report, working together on systemic barriers to justice.
• British Red CrossmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly published guidance on initial age assessment to assist local authorities in Scotland.
• Close the GapmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on gender equality and economic justice, contributing expertise on Violence Against Women and the gender pay gap.
• University of Glasgow (Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for the Working Together Project supporting disabled people seeking asylum.
• Together with Refugees (Fair Begins Here campaign)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive participant in the national Fair Begins Here campaign led by Together with Refugees.
• University of Strathclyde Law ClinicmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized International Women's Day event on Gender-Based Violence. Students lead and organize events with SWRC.
• Amnesty ScotlandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly submitted written evidence to the EHRCJ Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
• Kairos Women+majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity organization partner for women experiencing gender-based violence. SWRC shadow their in-person surgeries.
• COSLA Migration PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in creating guidance on rights and services for migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds in Scotland.
• Aberlour (Scottish Guardianship Service)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost meetings with partners including Belgrade Centre for Human Rights on unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
• Hope for JusticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork partner supporting National Human Trafficking Prevention Month campaign.
• Maryhill Integration NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampaign partner in Our Grades Not Visas campaign for migrant student access to education.
• Belgrade Centre for Human RightsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner for sharing models of working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Equality and Human Rights Commission: UK statutory regulator on equality and human rights with strategic-litigation remit — overlaps with JustRight's Scottish Just Law Centre on discrimination and human rights enforcement.
• Citizens Advice Scotland: Network-wide free advice provider across Scotland covering debt, benefits, housing, employment, and discrimination — a broader incumbent with overlapping legal-advice capability but wider scope.
• Amnesty International UK: UK-wide human rights advocacy and litigation organization with overlapping human-rights and refugee mandates; operates at much larger scale and broader geography than JustRight.

Direct peers

• Scottish Women's Aid: National coordinating body for domestic abuse support in Scotland, overlapping directly with JustRight's Scottish Women's Rights Centre on legal responses to gender-based violence.
• The Nelson Trust: UK charity supporting women affected by trauma including exploitation and trafficking, with specialist services and training — comparable in anti-trafficking and trauma-informed practice.
• Inclusion Scotland: Disabled-people-led organization in Scotland pursuing disability rights through policy and strategic action — directly comparable to the disability-discrimination strand of JustRight's Scottish Just Law Centre.
• Govan Law Centre: Glasgow-based specialist legal aid charity covering poverty law, employment, discrimination, and human rights — directly comparable as a Scottish legal-aid NGO serving vulnerable populations through solicitor-led casework.
• Scottish Refugee Council: Scotland's largest refugee support charity, providing advice, advocacy, and integration services to asylum seekers and refugees — closely overlapping with JustRight's Scottish Refugee & Migrant Centre in target population and geography.
• Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance (TARA): Scottish anti-trafficking charity providing support to survivors of trafficking and exploitation — directly comparable to JustRight's Scottish Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation Centre.

Regional players

• Shelter Scotland: Scottish arm of UK housing charity providing free legal advice on housing, homelessness, and related welfare issues — comparable as a regional legal-aid provider with a different specialty focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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