Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 15

HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE

To provide legal advice,assistance and representation to poor persons resident or working in London Borough of Hillingdon or living in London Boroughs of Harrow,Hounslow,Ealing,Brent and neighbourhood thereof. Undertake education of residents and research into special problems.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 39 years
(41 years as a company)

www.hillingdonlawcentre.co.uk

info@hillingdonlawcentre.co.uk

02085619400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£373	£290	£83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22	*	£211	£307	£-96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21	*	£342	£311	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/20		£264	£236	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£225	£218	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18	*	£229	£232	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£221	£235	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£246	£265	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£211	£246	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£220	£292	£-72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£299	£293	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£280	£288	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£299	£307	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£345	£282	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£254	£233	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£218	£231	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£252	£255	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£297	£256	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£257	£259	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£268	£220	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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	£374,076
Trust for London	£155,200
DCMS	£71,340
AB Charitable Trust	£55,000
Access to Justice Foundation	£50,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£46,750

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Trust for London - Hillingdon Law Centre
£9,200	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9138
National Lottery Community Fund - Law for You
£364,676	27/01/2022	The project is using funding to employ a full-time solicitor so they can offer representation related to unfair dismissals redundancy TUPE unlawful wage deductions and all types of discrimination. ....more The project is using funding to employ a full-time solicitor so they can offer representation related to unfair dismissals redundancy TUPE unlawful wage deductions and all types of discrimination. The project aims to provide clients will help and support which in turn will improve mental health and well-being.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£20,000	20/01/2022	An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Hillingdon Law Centre provides legal advice and representation in the areas of housing, immigration, employment, family, and welfare law.
Trust for London - Hillingdon Law Centre
£138,000	06/10/2021 36	The funding is for employing an immigration specialist adviser (OISC Level 3) to assist migrants, refugees and asylum-seeking individuals and families to overcome legal barriers to living well, ....more The funding is for employing an immigration specialist adviser (OISC Level 3) to assist migrants, refugees and asylum-seeking individuals and families to overcome legal barriers to living well, housed, and feeling secure and includes some running costs and overheads.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£50,000	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 COVID36
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£71,340	09/10/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£20,000	08/10/2020	An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Hillingdon Law Centre provides quality legal advice and representation to vulnerable and excluded members of society in West London.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Hillingdon Law Centre
£46,750	30/09/2020 6	To provide a specialist legal advice service to refugees and migrants on housing, social services, health, immigration status and protection.
Trust for London - Hillingdon Law Centre
£8,000	23/06/2020 6	The funding is for IT equipment, volunteers’ expenses and to plug a short fall of earned income resulted due to the COVID19 emergency.
National Lottery Community Fund - Fit for the Future
£9,400	11/07/2019 12	The project aims to make the space more professional and accommodating for clients and the funding will be used to refurbish a legal advice office.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£15,000	10/05/2019	An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Hillingdon Law Centre seeks to provide advice and representation on housing, employment and immigration, through appointments and casework.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£15,000	24/04/2018	£15,000 towards legal advice to destitute migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Hillingdon Law Centre seeks to provide advice and representation on housing, employment and immigration, through ....more £15,000 towards legal advice to destitute migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Hillingdon Law Centre seeks to provide advice and representation on housing, employment and immigration, through appointments and casework.
Trust for London - Hillingdon Law Centre
£138,000	01/03/2018 36	The funding is for specialist employment legal advice, casework, assistance with Acas negotiations and representation at the Employment Tribunal in cases of discrimination, unfair dismissal, ....more The funding is for specialist employment legal advice, casework, assistance with Acas negotiations and representation at the Employment Tribunal in cases of discrimination, unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and unlawful deduction of wages, to help secure justice and wages/compensation for clients.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£15,000	24/01/2017	£15,000 towards the provision of expert advice to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Hillingdon Law Centre seeks to provide advice and representation on housing, employment and immigration, ....more £15,000 towards the provision of expert advice to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Hillingdon Law Centre seeks to provide advice and representation on housing, employment and immigration, through appointments and casework.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£14,500	10/11/2015 12	To provide a free, confidential, specialist immigration advice service for LB Hounslow residents both from its Hillingdon office and an outreach location in the borough
AB Charitable Trust - Immigration Advice and Representation Project
£10,000	20/10/2015	£10,000 towards the provision of expert advice to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
AB Charitable Trust - Immigration and Integration help for migrants
£7,500	06/06/2014	£7,500 towards the salary of the Immigration and Migrant Integration Advisor
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£30,000	19/02/2014 12	For the provision of a legal representation service at County Court and Tribunal
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£14,500	19/02/2014 12	To provide a free, confidential, specialist immigration advice service for LB Hounslow residents both from its Hillingdon office and an outreach location in the borough
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hillingdon Law Centre
£40,000	25/08/2011	the salary and related costs of the Migrant Integration, Welfare and Immigration Services Advisor including NI and overheads

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-77

JOHN ANTHONY FROST Appointed: 1985, Occupation: Retired

LOUIE DI COSTANZO Appointed: 2023

NASER ISSA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Entrepreneur

NAZIM SHAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

ROSHAN GHEI Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Tube Driver

SADIA SAMIT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

STAVRIANNIE PETRON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Student

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/1985, number: 290792
Registered at Companies House on 17/12/1982, number: 01687570

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 23 days late, AR21: 115 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR07: 13 days late, AR04: 81 days late,

Main office

12 HAROLD AVENUE
HAYES
UB3 4QW

Objectives

(I) TO PROVIDE BY EMPLOYING SOLICITORS AND OTHER STAFF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO POOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT AND AS ANCILLARY THERETO THE CENTRE MAY INSTITUTE CONDUCT AND DEFEND ANY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ANY COURT, COMMISSION, TRIBUNAL OR INQUIRY. (II) TO UNDERTAKE OR CO-OPERATE IN THE EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON IN THE LAW AND ITS OPERATION AND OTHER MATTERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON

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