Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -12
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

AFFORDABLE JUSTICE LTD 

A not for profit Family Law firm aimed at offering reasonably priced family law services to women fleeing violence and abuse who require legal advice and representation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely female
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£216£219£-3n/an/an/an/an/a35,000
31/03/22£169£145£24n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£107£129£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£124£133£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£219£130£89n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£82£122£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£82£116£-34£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.affordablejustice.co.uk

info@affordablejustice.co.uk

01482790310

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Hull City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 35,000 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Affordable Justice
£1,440 19/10/2022
Towards cost of living crisis
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Affordable Justice
£46,610 28/07/2022
Towards evaluation of exisitng grant
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Affordable Justice
£65,000 23/07/2021
Towards women affected by violence and abuse

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-54
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2016, number: 1168469
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/06/2015, number: 09651107
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Preston Road Womens Centre
185 Preston Road
HULL
HU9 5UY

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION, ADVICE, INFORMATION, PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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