Overall GiG Score: 25 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 14
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14

COMMUNITY LAW ADVICE NETWORK 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 16 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £64,399 £3,173 £3,100 £600 £3,550
Donations & Legacies £382,565 £470,274 £552,772 £719,327
Other Income
Investment Income £65 £126 £194 £1,557 £6,348
Total income £447,029 £536,178 £626,846 £842,501 £1,262,647 £1,360,441
Charitable activities spending £426,501 £456,862 £567,056 £727,615 £1,245,494
Fundraising costs 2% 1% 1%
Other spending £18,042 £21,194 £20,583 £52,625
Total spending £434,001 £481,204 £593,050 £748,198 £957,833 £1,298,119
Surplus/deficit £13,028 £54,974 £33,796 £94,303 £304,814 £62,322
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation','the promotion of equality and diversity','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

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
The Legal Education Foundation£403,959
National Lottery Community Fund£348,180
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£150,000
Scottish Government£90,299
Foundation Scotland£75,000
The Baring Foundation£70,000
Access to Justice Foundation£60,000
DCMS£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Enhancing the service delivery model
£150,000 17/07/2023
Clan Childlaw is a law centre for children and young people in Scotland providing free legal representation, outreach services, training and policy work. This grant supports Clan’s leadership to ....more
Foundation Scotland - Children's Lawyer
£45,000 04/10/2022
to contribute to the cost of an additional full time lawyer for three years.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Community Law Advice Network (Clan Childlaw)
£20,000 21/04/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Community Law Advice Network work to protect and strengthen the human rights of children and young people in Scotland through provision of legal advice and ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£60,000 06/08/2021
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 COVID21
Scottish Government - Community Law Advice Network
£67,500 24/03/2021
Detailed description not provided.
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2020
£147,500 19/01/2021
A grant to Clan Childlaw to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Community Law Advice Network (Clan Childlaw)
£40,000 14/12/2020
Empowering frontline workers to use law to alleviate impact on care experienced young people disadvantaged through local authority response to Covid19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£30,000 12/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Community Law Advice Network
£30,000 12/08/2020
to contribute to the general running costs of the service for the remainder of this financial year.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Community Law Advice Network (Clan Childlaw)
£30,000 23/06/2020
Continuing project objectives of changing law on siblings and helping others use law to realise children's rights in Scotland
The Legal Education Foundation - Lawyers for Children
£178,380 17/06/2020
Supporting Clan Childlaw's work on the implementation of the Care Review in Scotland, and developing a strategy for taking forward wider work on promoting child law as a specialism in its own right.
Scottish Government - Community Law Advice Network
£22,799 15/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Crisis UK - Grant to Community Law Network (Clan Childlaw)
£25,000 04/05/2020
Expansion of street legal services for young people, including a solicitor and project manager.
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2020
£78,079 13/03/2020
A grant to Clan Childlaw to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need.
National Lottery Community Fund - Street Legal
£348,180 12/05/2019
36
This group will use the funding to partner with Shelter to deliver a specialist legal service to help prevent homelessness among children and young people. The project will add value by working ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Law Advice Network
£97,901 28/02/2019
36
A lawyer will give advice & legal support to young people involved in the legal system. The majority of the young people are expected to be care leavers but a range of young people will be ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Representation & Legal Information Services in Edinburgh & the Lothians
£20,000 28/11/2018
We would like to apply for funding for our legal representation and legal information services for children and young people living in Edinburgh and the Lothians over the next 3 years. We expect over ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 25/09/2018
Clan Childlaw Core Costs
Corra Foundation - HDA-18/365
£6,000 02/08/2018
Towards the salary of the Head of Representation
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Community Law Advice Network
£568,340 26/04/2018
60
Towards the salaries of an expert solicitor, project co-ordinator and trainee solicitor, to develop a dedicated care leavers’ legal support service to ensure that young people leaving care obtain ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Contribution to growth plans
£50,000 26/02/2018
12
Clan Childlaw is a law centre for children and young people in Scotland providing free legal representation outreach services, training and policy work. This grant will support core operational ....more
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/311
£6,500 03/08/2017
towards the salary of the full-time Solicitor in Glasgow
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Community Law Advice Network (Clan Childlaw)
£150,000 16/05/2017
To lead the way in Scotland using law and human rights to tackle discrimination and disadvantage directly in relation to vulnerable children and young people.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Legal representation -Edinburgh/Lothians
£20,000 30/11/2016
Legal representation for children and young people in Edinburgh and the Lothians, supporting them to take part in decisions about how to keep safe and improve their lives. During a three year period ....more
Corra Foundation - HDA-16/524
£7,000 04/08/2016
towards the salary of the full-time Head of Representation
National Lottery Community Fund - Street Legal
£149,856 01/08/2016
36
This organisation will use the grant to deliver a free legal advice support service for young people in Edinburgh who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness. The organisation will work with ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Access to legal advice and enforcement of young people's rights
£60,000 21/03/2016
24
Clan Childlaw proposes to develop its services to extend access to legal representation for children and young people in Scotland into new policy areas, advance policy and enhance implementation of ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Community Law Advice Network (Clan Childlaw)
£29,993 10/02/2016
To build the capacity of the Strategic Litigation Group to promote the use of law and human rights within the voluntary sector working with children.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (6)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 33-70
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 14/01/2008, number: SC039156
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/12/2007, number: SC335011
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Norton Park (Clan Childlaw), 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY

Objectives

To advance conflict resolution, to promote justice and to relieve poverty.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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