Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 14
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

GREATER MANCHESTER LAW CENTRE

Greater Manchester Law Centre is set up to provide access to justice for people in need through the provision of legal advice and representation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£404£419£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£394£398£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£443£327£116n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£214£214£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£217£225£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£173£135£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

gmlaw.org.uk

info@gmlaw.org.uk

01617692244

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Access to Justice Foundation£245,956
The Legal Education Foundation£242,000
AB Charitable Trust£195,000
Three Guineas Trust£142,500
The Bell Foundation£85,100
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Three Guineas Trust - Develop embedded specialist welfare rights advice for disabled people
£142,500 27/03/2024
Develop embedded specialist welfare rights advice for disabled people across Greater Manchester, working with 15 DPOs (disabled people’s organisations) to build capacity and increase access.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Greater Manchester Law Centre
£55,000 13/12/2023
An unrestricted grant of £55,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. Greater Manchester Law Centre provides legal representation and ....more
The Bell Foundation - Cost of Living Payment
£2,811 01/01/2023
A one off payment of unrestricted funds to help grant partners during the cost of living crisis.
The Legal Education Foundation - Greater Manchester Justice Hub and Exchange
£150,000 09/11/2022
Core funding to underpin Greater Manchester Law Centre's role as a specialist regional hub for social welfare advice and a resource for communities seeking justice.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Greater Manchester Law Centre
£50,000 05/07/2022
An unrestricted grant of £50,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Greater Manchester Law Centre offers representation and specialist advice on welfare benefits, employment and ....more
The Bell Foundation - Domestic Violence Y2
£28,110 29/06/2022
GMLC provides a free and independent legal advice service to people who live or work in Greater Manchester. The Bell Foundation is funding this work to provide advice and representation to victims of ....more
The Bell Foundation - Domestic Violence Y3
£29,176 29/06/2022
GMLC provides a free and independent legal advice service to people who live or work in Greater Manchester. The Bell Foundation is funding this work to provide advice and representation to victims of ....more
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2022
£92,000 15/06/2022
A grant to Greater Manchester Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9.
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£28,813 23/05/2022
The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Greater Manchester Law Centre
£45,000 14/06/2021
An unrestricted grant of £45,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of 3 years). Greater Manchester Law Centre provides face-to-face legal advice and representation in housing and welfare benefits, ....more
The Bell Foundation - Domestic Violence Y1
£25,003 08/06/2021
GMLC provides a free and independent legal advice service to people who live or work in Greater Manchester. The Bell Foundation is funding this work to provide advice and representation to victims of ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Legal Support for Litigants in Person Grant
£217,143 24/09/2020
LSLIP is a two-year project funded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). It aims to enhance services that support the earliest possible interventions for litigants in person reducing the risk of their ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Greater Manchester Law Centre
£45,000 07/07/2020
An unrestricted grant of £45,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Greater Manchester Law Centre provides face-to-face legal advice and representation in housing and welfare ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Greater Manchester Law Centre
£45,000 02/07/2019
An unrestricted grant of £45,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Greater Manchester Law Centre provides face-to-face legal advice and representation in housing and welfare ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Community Strength
£9,990 21/06/2018
12
The organisation will support people within the community requiring legal assistance and advice by improving their IT and material resources and training culturally diverse community volunteers to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Greater Manchester Law Centre
£54,000 11/11/2016
18
over 18 months towards the salary of a development worker to support the set up of the new Greater Manchester Law Centre and help devise a new sustainable model for its work
AB Charitable Trust - Establish and develop Greater Manchester Law Centre
£75,000 22/09/2016
£75,000 over 3 years (£25k, £25k, £25k) towards core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Greater Manchester Law Centre - Welfare Benefits Advice Service
£10,000 27/04/2016
12
The organisation will use the funding to set up and run a community law centre to give free advice focusing on employment and support allowance, personal independence payments, tax credits and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-68
  • AISHA KHAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trainee Solicitor
  • ANDREW KEVIN WALSH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Manager
  • ARWA GRAF Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Legal Solutions Specialist
  • BEN CLAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Community Worker
  • CIARA BARTLAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Barrister
  • CRAIG HOLMES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Barrister
  • DENISE MCDOWELL Appointed: 1961, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • GILES ELLIOTT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Advice Service Manager
  • KEVIN ALLSOP Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Asset Manager
  • LAMIN TOURAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Actor
  • SUKHDEEP SINGH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Immigration Caseworker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/11/2016, number: 1170317
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/07/2015, number: 09698401
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

667 Stockport Road
Longsight
MANCHESTER
M12 4QE

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS IN THE TEN BOROUGHS MAKING UP THE COUNTY OF GREATER MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH THE LACK OF MEANS. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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