Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

KIRKLEES CITIZENS ADVICE AND LAW CENTRE 

Kirklees Citizens Advice provides advice and information to the residents of Kirklees. This includes generalist advice and specialist advice on debt and benefits.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 23 years

www.kcalc.org.uk

nick.whittingham@kcalc.org.uk

01924868141

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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£1,595£1,607£-11£0£903£0n/a4626
31/03/22£1,820£1,765£54£0£680£6804.68415
31/03/21£2,006£1,787£218£0£416£4152.810854
31/03/20£1,702£1,649£53£0£338£3382.511261
31/03/19£1,560£1,521£39£0£310£2952.310653
31/03/18*£1,356£1,342£14£0£309£3072.7390
31/03/17£1,441£1,580£-139£0£362£3622.8390
31/03/16£1,879£1,924£-46£0£565£5653.5950
31/03/15£1,506£1,461£45£14£563£5434.5280
31/03/14*£1,970£2,002£-32£19£519£4993520
31/03/13£1,510£1,548£-38£12£536£5364.2500
31/03/12£1,507£1,504£4£12£776£7776.2500
31/03/11£1,170£1,019£150£7£453£4535.3350
31/03/10£1,058£975£82£6£302£3023.7290
31/03/09?*£1,210£1,174£36£4£220£2202.2240
31/03/07?*£485£465£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£356£340£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£292£306£-13£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 46 employees
  • 26 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,

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
Home Office£297,001
Access to Justice Foundation£165,323
National Lottery Community Fund£9,396
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Client facilities upgrade
£9,396 02/06/2023
The funding will be used to upgrade the IT equipment and other facilities at an advice centre. The project aims to ensure the organisation are able to continue to meet the needs and support the ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196 22/11/2022
Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£43,627 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID79
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
£150,283 01/04/2021
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£109,500 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
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
£146,718 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre
£10,000 23/01/2018
£10,000 towards legal advice for asylum seekers. Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre provides immigration, benefits, housing, employment. This funding is towards its work to provide legal advice ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Pathways to Integration : Advice and Support
£104,858 17/07/2014
24
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Transforming Advice Services in Kirklees (TASK Project)
£346,832 19/04/2013
24
Project: The aim of this new project is to transform the delivery of advice services in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees and achieve a shift in core funding towards telephone and online services ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-76
  • ANNIE HINTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Programme Design Manager
  • UMAR SHAFAT (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2001, number: 1088651
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/07/2001, number: 04259550
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR14: 222 days late, AR09: 117 days late, AR07: 161 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from KIRKLEES LAW CENTRE on 12/10/2020
Main office

Units 11-12
Empire House
Wakefield Old Road
Dewsbury
WF12 8DJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN KIRKLEES AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Defined Area of Benefit:

KIRKLEES AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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