Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE ESSEX

The objects are:1) The relief of financial hardship by the provision of free legal advice and assistance to persons who through lack of means would otherwise be unable to access such services provided by a private practice and qualified legal representative or equivalent.2) The advancement of the education of the public by increasing knowledge and understanding of the law.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£94,185	£75,209	£18,976	4
31/03/22	£38,223	£34,949	£3,274	0
31/03/21	£37,306	£27,048	£10,258	0
31/03/20	£16,920	£16,252	£668	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

enquiries@essex.communitylegalcentre.org.uk

01245205601

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 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
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£82,382	13/09/2022	Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS) is a programme of The Access to Justice Foundation with the Ministry of Justice. We are working with organisations to sustain and improve access to early social ....more Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS) is a programme of The Access to Justice Foundation with the Ministry of Justice. We are working with organisations to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or tribunal proceedings where possible. Where court or tribunal proceedings are needed, we expect the grant will provide the support needed to help people manage their way through the process effectively. A key feature of this programme is expected to focus on helping us all understand what works better in terms of service delivery and also to help make the case for future investment in this work.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW GEORGE THORPE-APPS Appointed: 2022

EVA RUTH EISENBERG Appointed: 2018

RUSSELL MYNOTT Appointed: 2018

PHILIP ROBERT ANDREW WILSON Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: THE MONSIGNOR WILSON MEMORIAL FUND,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/11/2018, number: 1180884

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

Citizens Advice Bureau
Burgess Well House
Coval Lane
CHELMSFORD
CM1 1FW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO THROUGH LACK OF MEANS WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO ACCESS SUCH SERVICES.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW.

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