Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Liabilities <10%: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 19

PRISONERS' ADVICE SERVICE

THE PRISONERS' ADVICE SERVICE PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO PRISONERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES REGARDING THEIR RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY THE APPLICATION OF THE PRISON RULES AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF IMPRISONMENT.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 28 years

www.prisonersadvice.org.uk

admin@prisonersadvice.org.uk

02072533600

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£567	£485	£82	£36	£433	£341	8.4	10	15
31/03/22		£489	£434	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£550	£488	£62	£28	£296	£203	5	11	30
31/03/20		£541	£477	£64	£87	£234	£148	3.7	11	20
31/03/19		£502	£451	£52	£81	£170	£110	2.9	11	60
31/03/18		£493	£461	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£401	£437	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£418	£373	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£406	£373	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£319	£336	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£387	£381	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£391	£447	£-56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£401	£426	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£375	£355	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£352	£337	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£363	£307	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£263	£260	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£282	£265	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£213	£231	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£184	£207	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9

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What it does

Education/Training

Who works here?

10 employees
15 volunteers

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

AB Charitable Trust	£107,000
The Bromley Trust	£70,000
City Bridge Trust	£45,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000
Access to Justice Foundation	£34,438
Essex Community Foundation	£17,000
London Legal Support Trust	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS)
£25,000	25/01/2024	An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Prisoners' Advice Service offer free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales ....more An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Prisoners' Advice Service offer free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their legal, human and healthcare rights.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Prisoners' Advice Service
£22,000	06/10/2022	An unrestricted grant of £22,000 (Year 3 of 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. PAS provides free legal advice and support to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding ....more An unrestricted grant of £22,000 (Year 3 of 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. PAS provides free legal advice and support to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their human and legal rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of Prison Law and the Prison Rules.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Prisoners' Advice Service
£7,500	07/06/2022	to support a service providing advice on legal rights for prisoners from Essex in Chelmsford, Belmarsh and Thameside Prisons
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£60,000	17/01/2022	Prison Advice Service (PAS) provide professional-level legal advice to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of the Prison ....more Prison Advice Service (PAS) provide professional-level legal advice to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of the Prison Rules and of Family and Immigration Law.This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2021
£10,000	14/12/2021	Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice ....more Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice sector.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Prisoners' Advice Service
£45,000	21/09/2021 60	£45,000 over five years (£9,000 each year) as a contribution towards 10% of two part-time Community Care Caseworkers, 20% of a Women Prisoners Caseworker, volunteer support and associated running ....more £45,000 over five years (£9,000 each year) as a contribution towards 10% of two part-time Community Care Caseworkers, 20% of a Women Prisoners Caseworker, volunteer support and associated running costs.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Prisoners' Advice Service
£20,000	09/09/2021	An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and support to prisoners throughout England and Wales ....more An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and support to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their human and legal rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of Prison Law and the Prison Rules.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Prisoners' Advice Service
£5,000	12/03/2021	to support a service providing advice on legal rights for prisoners from Essex in Chelmsford, Belmarsh and Thameside Prisons
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£10,000	18/01/2021 12	Prison Advice Service (PAS) provide professional-level legal advice to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of the Prison ....more Prison Advice Service (PAS) provide professional-level legal advice to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of the Prison Rules and of Family and Immigration Law.This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work (fast-track one year grant renewal in response to Covid-19 pandemic).
Tudor Trust - Grant to Prisoners' Advice Service
£2,000	05/01/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Prisoners' Advice Service
£20,000	08/10/2020	An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). PAS provides free legal advice and support to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their human and ....more An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). PAS provides free legal advice and support to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their human and legal rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of Prison Law and the Prison Rules.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£34,438	19/08/2020	A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000	14/02/2020	Prisoners' Advice Service Core Costs
Essex Community Foundation - PAS' Work with Prisoners in and from Essex and the Surrounding Area
£4,500	16/12/2019 11	To continue a service providing advice on legal rights for prisoners from Essex in Chelmsford, Belmarsh and Thameside Prisons
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS)
£20,000	27/06/2019	An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding human and legal rights, Family Law, and ....more An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding human and legal rights, Family Law, and Immigration Law.
Trust for London - Prisoners' Advice Service
£30,000	20/02/2019 36	The funding is for our on-going work to address the inequality of treatment of Foreign National Prisoners (FNPs) with a London connection by providing advice and advocacy support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Prisoners' Advice Service Telephone Advice Line
£165,000	11/01/2019 60	The project will provide free, expert legal advice and representation to adult prisoners. The aim is to reduce the unnecessary suffering of protected groups in prison & seek to bring positive ....more The project will provide free, expert legal advice and representation to adult prisoners. The aim is to reduce the unnecessary suffering of protected groups in prison & seek to bring positive changes to the prison environment as well as decrease re-offending.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000	03/12/2018	Our work is naturally in line with your objectives, as we aim to improve the lives of multiply-disadvantaged and marginalised female prisoners. We help them to overcome the barriers of their ....more Our work is naturally in line with your objectives, as we aim to improve the lives of multiply-disadvantaged and marginalised female prisoners. We help them to overcome the barriers of their incarceration by giving them the knowledge and support to fulfil their potential, progress through the prison system and get released back into the community. We achieve this by helping them to access education, rehabilitation programmes and peer support (building their social networks) as well as pressuring prisons to ensure they are released in a timely manner. Our work has far-reaching effects on female prisoners health and well-being. The healthcare in prison is woefully inadequate, particularly support for mental health issues. We redress this balance by compelling prisons, local authorities and NHS trusts to provide due care to the women. We liaise and negotiate with these bodies and, where necessary, issue legal proceedings if they fail to meet their duties under Prison Law, and Equality, National Health Service, Chronically Sick and Department of Healths Fair access to Care Legislation. Our new Family Law work ensures that mothers in prison are informed of and able to assert their rights as parents and maintain as active a role as possible in their childrens lives whilst in prison, preserving and bolstering the family bond at a time of great strain. This improves the mental health and well-being of both parents and children, and can contribute to the earliest release of the former, back into the family unit. Our new Women Prisoners Justice Group aligns with building social networks, as it is a new group connecting nine professional women, who will collaborate and provide strength for each other through their shared experiences. That strength will enable them to pass on more support to all women in prison and help improve their health and well-being.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Prisoners' Advice Service
£22,000	25/10/2018 12	over one year towards the development of a self-help tool kit for LBGT+ prisoners focusing on prison law and how it relates to them
Essex Community Foundation - Work with Prisoners in and from Essex and Surrounding Area
£5,000	20/09/2018 11	To continue a service providing advice on legal rights for prisoners from Essex in Chelmsford and Thameside Prisons
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS)
£20,000	24/04/2018	£20,000 towards core costs. Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding human and legal rights, Family Law, and ....more £20,000 towards core costs. Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding human and legal rights, Family Law, and Immigration Law.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£30,000	17/01/2018 36	Prison Advice Service (PAS) provide professional-level legal advice to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of the Prison ....more Prison Advice Service (PAS) provide professional-level legal advice to prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of the Prison Rules and of Family and Immigration Law.This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000	09/10/2017	Core Costs Prisoners' Advice Service
Essex Community Foundation - Work with Prisoners in and from Essex and Surrounding Area
£5,000	22/05/2017 11	To continue a service providing advice on legal rights for prisoners from Essex in Chelmsford and Thameside Prisons
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS)
£20,000	27/04/2017	£20,000 towards providing free legal advice for prisoners. Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding human and legal ....more £20,000 towards providing free legal advice for prisoners. Prisoners' Advice Service provides free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding human and legal rights, Family Law, and Immigration Law.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards running additional training sessions for “peer advisors”
£1,000	24/02/2016	Towards running additional training sessions for “peer advisors” to help with human rights advice.
AB Charitable Trust - Advice on Human Rights for Prisoners
£20,000	20/10/2015	£20,000 towards core costs
AB Charitable Trust - Providing free legal advice to Prisoners
£20,000	21/10/2014	£20,000 towards free legal advice to Prisoners
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Expansion of Outreach Clinics
£60,000	25/01/2014	To enable women in prison to access prison-based legal advice clinics.
AB Charitable Trust - Legal advice and representation for prisoners
£15,000	09/07/2013	£15,000 towards core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Telephone advice line for prisoners
£139,243	18/04/2012 60	Project: This is the continuation of an existing project which aims to provide prisoners across England with access to advice and representation, support around resettlement, rehabilitation, family ....more Project: This is the continuation of an existing project which aims to provide prisoners across England with access to advice and representation, support around resettlement, rehabilitation, family issues, mental health issues and educational issues._x000B_
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS)
£68,000	19/10/2011	Towards the salary of the managing solicitor to oversee legal advice provided to prisoners and their families.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS)
£75,000	27/02/2008 36	Towards Core costs Towards the salary and costs of the managing solicitor.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-79

ANDREA BARBA Appointed: 2023

DOMINIQUE WEBB (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Operations

HANNAH YAEL KAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Occupational Therapist

HARRY DODD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

JEREMY RICHARD DOUGLAS HARRISON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director

JOY HELEN LEWIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Barrister

KATIE LE-BILLON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Trust And Grants Fundraiser

MARTINE LIGNON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

MANDEEP KAUR MAHIL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Academic

MOHAMMED KASSIM GAFFAR Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Computer Consultant, Other trusteeships: BLINDAID, PAKISTAN ALLIANCE FOR GIRLS EDUCATION UK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/04/1996, number: 1054495
Registered at Companies House on 01/04/1996, number: 03180659

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR11: 4 days late, AR09: 25 days late, AR05: 109 days late, AR04: 130 days late,

Main office

PRISONERS ADVICE SERVICE
PO BOX 46199
LONDON
EC1M 4XA

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE AND REHABILITATE PERSONS HELD IN PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG THE AFORESAID PERSONS AND THE FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF A FREE SERVICE OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE. (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, IN RELATION TO THE LAW RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS (WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL MEAN PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING OR HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR THROUGH ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER) AND MENTALLY DISORDERED PATIENTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PART III OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983 AND THE RIGHTS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS. (4) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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