Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE) 

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 27 years

www.legaladvicecentre.london

admin@legaladvicecentre.org.uk

02089804205

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

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£775£677£98£42£320£3205.715200
31/03/22£711£709£3£32£220£2203.71850
31/03/21£731£591£140£31£220£2204.51530
31/03/20£625£615£10£0£80£681.313100
31/03/19£532£558£-26£0£69£691.512100
31/03/18£469£437£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£430£404£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£389£354£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£218£242£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£221£189£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£110£130£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£125£123£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£97£111£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£86£94£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£94£83£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£81£69£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£48£54£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£54£55£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£64£59£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£39£51£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 13.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 200 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund£525,477
Trust for London£138,050
City Bridge Trust£137,000
DCMS£74,800
Access to Justice Foundation£50,000
AB Charitable Trust£30,000
London Legal Support Trust£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Special Support Project
£10,000 09/12/2022
This project will provide a new model of advice and advocacy provision to users with complex health and social issues. The traditional advice model is not appropriate for them. The Special Support ....more
Trust for London - Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£4,550 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.06.2020-8626
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice Portal
£426,000 25/05/2022
The project is using funding to remotely support generalist advice agencies such as Citizens Advice Bureaus (CABs) who undertake specialist legal casework on behalf of their clients. The project will ....more
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Specialist Covid-19 related Casework Support
£42,477 10/02/2021
6
The group will use its funding to make its Advice Portal available in Worcestershire in order to offer free legal advice and support to the local community and will expand its team of solicitors ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£107,000 10/11/2020
24
£107,000 (£53,000, £54,000) over a further and final two years for a Volunteer Coordinator and Caseworker (35 hpw) for the Disability Advocacy Project and associated running costs.
Trust for London - Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£133,500 14/10/2020
36
The funding is for three years for an employment solicitor to provide specialist advice, casework and representation with a focus on discrimination.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£15,000 08/10/2020
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Legal Advice Centre (University House) provides a free and independent legal advice service to people in East London.
National Lottery Community Fund - West Country 'duty desks' project - COVID-19 Response
£47,000 29/09/2020
6
Legal Advice Centre (University House) (LAC) provides a free and independent legal advice service to people who live or work in England and Wales. The funding will enable the group to deal with the ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£30,000 28/09/2020
towards the project to provide access to the advice portal, including two additional staff who will be spending most (30 hrs plus each) of their time facilitating the portal, as outlined in your ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£74,800 23/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£50,000 16/07/2020
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
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 18+
£2,750 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£15,000 27/06/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. University House provides free legal advice including housing, welfare benefit appeals, employment and family.
National Lottery Community Fund - Equality Rights Project
£260,322 18/04/2019
36
This project provides a free and independent legal advice service to people. This project focuses on employment and Disability Rights support. The grant will cover costs for a full-time Volunteer ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Elder Income Maximisation & Social Event
£10,000 08/03/2019
12
The project will run money management and social events for older people. The aim is to enable people to take ownership and reduce isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Medico-Legal Project
£9,200 06/12/2017
12
This project will deliver legal advice within medical centres. This will give people early access to legal advice, improving health and social outcomes by addressing issues at the earliest possible ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£132,900 20/09/2017
36
£132,900 over three years (3 x £44,300) towards a full-time (35hpw) Volunteer Coordinator and Caseworker to oversee the expansion of the Advocacy programme.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£15,000 04/07/2017
£15,000 towards the expansion of the Advocacy Project through developing collaborations and partnerships. University House provides free legal advice including housing, welfare benefit appeals, ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£18,000 14/11/2014
24
over two years to start up a charity shop and access point next door to the advice centre in Bethnal Green, East London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Legal Advice Centre (University House)
£29,000 28/03/2014
The charity provides legal advice, casework and representation. The Special Support Project willl give people with complex needs support to maximise income, support to gain life management skills ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-74
  • MAZIDUR RAHMAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Information Governance Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/1997, number: 1061182
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/02/1997, number: 03324062
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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; AR04: 143 days late,
Main office

104 ROMAN ROAD
BETHNAL GREEN
LONDON
E2 0RN

Objectives

I) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY PERSONS IN THE EAST END OF LONDON (NAMELY THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND THE AREAS OF HACKNEY AND STOKE NEWINGTON OR ELSEWHERE WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES), AND IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT AND ANCILLARY THERETO TO INSTITUTE CONDUCT AND DEFEND ANY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL OR FOR ANY PURPOSES OR IN ANY OTHER FORUM IN WHICH LEGAL ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON BEHALF OF PERSONS SEEKING THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CHARITY; AND (II) FOR THAT PURPOSE TO CARRY ON THE ACTIVITIES HITHERTO CARRIED ON BY THE CHARITABLE TRUST COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE (UNIVERSITY HOUSE) AND TO RECEIVE SUCH ASSETS AS MAY BE MADE OVER TO IT BY SUCH CHARITABLE TRUST AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE ON SUCH TERMS AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY SHALL THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST END OF LONDON (TOWER HAMLETS AND HACKNEY AND STOKE NEWINGTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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