Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

VAUXHALL COMMUNITY LAW AND INFORMATION CENTRE

We provide legal advice and assistance free of charge. Where appropriate, we provide representation in proceedings, in particular social security appeal tribunals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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£403£421£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£292£254£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£275£207£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£115£132£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£66£57£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£74£54£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£45£56£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£72£56£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£67£65£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£74£76£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£47£87£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£67£79£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£74£73£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£131£93£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£98£70£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£75£75£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£77£74£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£101£101£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£158£150£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£160£149£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 35 years

vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk

advice@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk

0151 360 7777

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
The Legal Education Foundation£355,030
Tudor Trust£107,000
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation£90,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£70,167
Access to Justice Foundation£59,200
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Alex Ferry Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Legal Education Foundation - Core support VCLC
£155,000 23/05/2024
A core grant to allow VCLC to hire a finance officer
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Vauxhall Community Centre
£90,000 20/11/2023
24
Towards core funding
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Supporting vulnerable people
£2,000 12/10/2023
4
To purchase IT equipment and furniture to ensure clients can be supported in things such as benefit claims as the cost of living crisis has increased their demand.
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2023
£95,340 25/05/2023
A grant to Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting people during the Cost of Living Crisis
£10,000 06/01/2023
The funding will allow the organisation to increase their service to help them meet the rising demand for debt advice. This project aims to reduce some of the stress faced by members of the community and their families during the current cost of ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 02/12/2022
Main Grants award
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre
£70,167 10/11/2022
Giz a Job: an oral history of the 1981 People's March for Jobs
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Debt Advice
£10,000 12/11/2021
The funding will be used to employ a full time debt adviser where members of the community in financial difficulties will be provided with the opportunity to access advice information and assistance regarding their finances with the aim of reducing ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£55,000 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 COVID29
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 14/05/2021
Main Grants award
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2021
£104,690 24/03/2021
A grant to Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Vauxhall Community Law Centre
£2,000 18/01/2021
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
Tudor Trust - Grant to Vauxhall Community Law Centre
£105,000 28/08/2020
36
over three years as core funding for a legal advice charity in North Liverpool
CAF - Grant to Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre
£7,240 30/07/2020
3
Grant to Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Providing Advice During the COVID 19 Emergency
£10,000 15/05/2020
4
The organisation will deliver a benefit and debt advice service which will operate via telephone and email with the aim of supporting families affected financially by COVID-19.
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000 13/05/2020
community grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting vulnerable people in the community
£9,920 21/03/2018
12
This group will use the funding to run a community law advice centre, providing legal advice to disadvantaged people in the community, especially sick and disabled people. They specialise in dealing with benefit claims, including Employment and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre
£20,000 28/03/2013
The organisation operates in Liverpool, providing free advice, information, and representation at tribunals, in relation to a range of issues. The grant will fund the Solicitor and enable local people to access benefits they're entitled to.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-90
  • ANNIE GOODMAN Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Retired
  • ALAN GIBBONS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Author
  • ALAN KELLY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • AMANDA STEWART Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Student
  • CHRISTOPHER TOPPING Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • EMILY FREEMAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Student
  • GERALDINE OAKFORD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None
  • JULIE ANN O'HARE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
  • PAULINE CONNOLLY (Chair) Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Assistant Chief Executive
  • RAYMOND JAMES HOWARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/01/1990, number: 702458
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/05/1988, number: 02252255
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR05: 22 days late,
Main office

Ms Ngaryan Li
VNC MILLENNIUM RESOURCE CENTRE
BLENHEIM STREET
LIVERPOOL
L5 8UX

Objectives

(1) RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT OR EMPLOYED IN THE MERSEYSIDE AND SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY PROVIDING THEM WITH FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE ON ALL LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING WHICH IT IS NOT PRACTICAL OR APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO OBTAIN ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FROM ELSEWHERE OWING TO THEIR FINANCIAL NEED OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; (2) UNDERTAKE OR CO-OPERATE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT OR EMPLOYED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE LAW AND ITS OPERATION; (3) ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS WORKING OR RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;

Defined Area of Benefit:

VAUXHALL DISTRICT OF LIVERPOOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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