Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 0

LEWISHAM MULTI LINGUAL ADVICE SERVICE

We provide an Advocacy & Advice Service covering welfare , housing & council tax benefits, debt ,housing, health, information, interpreting and translation services to people who speak little or no English, We also visit community organisations where we provide advice and information. We work with organisations to assist them in meeting the needs of their customers who speak little or no English.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board 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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 21 years

www.lmlas.co.uk

admin@lmlas.co.uk

02083145777

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£108	£126	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£104	£144	£-41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21	*	£152	£136	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/03/20		£178	£134	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
31/03/19		£164	£125	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31
31/03/18		£141	£108	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£45	£84	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£164	£100	£63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£113	£74	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£84	£66	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£67	£66	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£66	£65	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£53	£65	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£51	£62	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£56	£56	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£59	£60	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£60	£77	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£75	£54	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£61	£54	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£47	£43	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

City Bridge Trust	£78,750
Power to Change	£35,377
The London Community Foundation	£9,280
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,200

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Lewisham Multilingual Advice Service (LMLAS)
£71,100	16/03/2021	£71,100 for a further and final two years (£35,000; £36,100) as a contribution towards the Service Manager (8.5 hours per week), Advice Caseworker (11.5 hours per week), Project Administrator (11 ....more £71,100 for a further and final two years (£35,000; £36,100) as a contribution towards the Service Manager (8.5 hours per week), Advice Caseworker (11.5 hours per week), Project Administrator (11 hours per week), sessional workers, and associated running costs.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Lewisham Multilingual Advice Service
£9,280	17/12/2020 5	This funding is for the delivery of culturally appropriate counselling sessions and for hardship support to assist LMLAS service users who require help with utility bills due to the impact of ....more This funding is for the delivery of culturally appropriate counselling sessions and for hardship support to assist LMLAS service users who require help with utility bills due to the impact of COVID-19. The project will be led by LMLAS trained advisors.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Lewisham Multilingual Advice Service
£4,200	17/11/2020	purchsae IT equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in Lewisham
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Lewisham Multilingual Advice Service
£35,377	15/10/2020	Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Lewisham Multilingual Advice Service
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Lewisham Multilingual Advice Service (LMLAS)
£7,650	09/04/2020	A one-off, unrestricted grant of £7,650, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Lewisham Multilingual Advice Service
£345,124	26/07/2017 35	This group will develop their project, which aims to provide advice and support for Black Asian and Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities, particularly where English is not their first language, to ....more This group will develop their project, which aims to provide advice and support for Black Asian and Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities, particularly where English is not their first language, to help them access a range of services, improve integration. It will provide face-to-face access to impartial and culturally sensitive legal advice, and advocacy services in 11 languages, supporting to take control of their lives, improve opportunities, become more independent and contribute to their community.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Lewisham Multilingual Advice Service (LMLAS)
£92,200	20/03/2017 36	£92,200 over three years (£31,500, £30,100, £30,600) as a contribution towards the Service Manager (8.5 hours per week), Advice Caseworker (11.5 hours per week), Project Administrator (11 hours ....more £92,200 over three years (£31,500, £30,100, £30,600) as a contribution towards the Service Manager (8.5 hours per week), Advice Caseworker (11.5 hours per week), Project Administrator (11 hours per week), sessional workers each with different languages (6 hours per week), and associated running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lewisham Multi Lingual Advice Service - request for 60% of core costs
£260,673	08/09/2010 60	This project provides advice in 12 community languages with advisers able to explain cultural differences, causes of misunderstanding and to develop people's skills in accessing services, with more ....more This project provides advice in 12 community languages with advisers able to explain cultural differences, causes of misunderstanding and to develop people's skills in accessing services, with more complex cases being handled by a caseworker. Advice is provided in two hour drop-in sessions in specific languages with follow up casework by appointment. The activities will provide support in filling in forms, making appointments, submiting claims, challenging decisions and requesting reviews.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

YASMINE COULIBALY Appointed: 2018

JENNY BERBECK (Chair), Occupation: Local Government

STEVE SELLARS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2002, number: 1094541
Registered at Companies House on 22/01/2002, number: 04358319

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR17: 56 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR08: 77 days late, AR07: 21 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Lewisham Central Community Hub
Bonfield Road
LONDON
SE13 5EU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE:-A. TO PROMOTE THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ANDB. TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON - LEWISHAM

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