Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

NOTTINGHAM LAW CENTRE LIMITED

Provision of legal advice and representation on social welfare law.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

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£912£822£90£0£594£5718.3175
31/03/22£863£843£19£0£504£4886.91715
31/03/21£834£706£129£0£485£4557.7180
31/03/20£723£660£63£0£356£3566.51811
31/03/19£587£546£41£0£293£2936.41713
31/03/18£529£533£-4£0£253£2535.7160
31/03/17£514£498£16£0£256£2506150
31/03/16£567£531£36£0£241£2415.4140
31/03/15£473£511£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£532£488£44£19£243£2125.2140
31/03/13*£454£499£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£483£497£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£587£636£-49£39£309£2645160
31/03/10£497£451£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£398£367£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£521£367£155£37£247£1886.2110
31/03/07*£291£254£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£311£286£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£281£281£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£295£297£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 3.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 40 years

www.nottinghamlawcentre.org.uk

enquiries@nottinghamlawcentre.org.uk

01159787813

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Nottinghamshire,
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
Home Office£441,155
National Lottery Community Fund£101,759
Tudor Trust£68,000
Access to Justice Foundation£54,200
DCMS£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The PIP project
£101,759 24/03/2023
Funding will be used to fund disability benefits advice for Nottingham residents helping people claim Disability Living Allowance (children) Personal Independence Payments or Attendance Allowance. The project will help increase access to welfare ....more
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 COVID32
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
£244,707 01/04/2021
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support beyond this date. This support could be provided ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nottingham Law Centre
£2,000 22/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£4,200 19/10/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£15,000 02/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nottingham Law Centre
£66,000 31/07/2020
24
over two years towards core salaries to increase capacity to respond to increased demand for Law Centre services, particularly around housing and settled status, in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Nottingham Law Centre
£2,200 18/05/2020
COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that works to support individuals on welfare in Nottinghamshire
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
£196,447 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support beyond this date. This support could be provided ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Nottingham Law Centre
£20,000 25/04/2019
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Nottingham Law Centre provides free legal advice on housing, debt and also offer representation for court proceedings.
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 2019-20
£197,200 01/04/2019
This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make their Scheme application by 30 June 2021. This ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Nottingham Law Centre Community Hub
£10,000 11/05/2016
12
The group will use the funding to develop a local information hub to increase their capacity to serve a greater section of the community. This will enable access to information and advice enabling better chances, and will also provide volunteering ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Nottingham Law Centre
£64,000 05/12/2013
24
towards two years' salary of a Homelessness Prevention Advisor providing advice and representation to people dealing with repossession proceedings, including debt and finance management in Nottingham
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-79
  • ANDREW WESLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Solicitor
  • BEN TALBOT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Community Development Manager
  • CALLUM SCOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Paralegal/Trainee Solicitor
  • DR ELIZABETH CURRAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Legal Academic
  • JUDY TATE Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Manager
  • MAGGIE GRIMSHAW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired Local Government Officer
  • MARK ARTHUR KEELEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor
  • SANDRA PINK, Occupation: Consultant
  • SIMON DAVID LEACH LLB HONS
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/11/1984, number: 515776
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/06/1983, number: 01732131
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 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; AR13: 63 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR09: 109 days late, AR07: 239 days late, AR06: 6 days late, AR05: 15 days late,
Main office

119 RADFORD ROAD
HYSON GREEN
NOTTINGHAM
NG7 5DU

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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