Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

NORTH EAST LAW CENTRE

Newcastle Law Centre was established in 1978 to promote access to legal justice and promote social justice and serve the needs of traditionally oppressed groups and those whose access to the legal system is restricted. The Law Centre seeks to achieve this by employing a variety of methods of work, including individual casework and advice work, training , and provision of meeting place facilities.
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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£736£773£-38£0£362£3014.7204
31/03/22£744£708£36£0£400£2594.4213
31/03/21£883£614£269£0£364£1943.8193
31/03/20£518£503£15£0£94£541.3155
31/03/19£305£355£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£325£286£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£283£266£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£269£222£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£194£194£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£90£168£-78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£267£305£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£454£411£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£431£365£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£506£537£-31£7£8£80.280
31/03/09*£462£515£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£437£434£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£425£409£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£325£321£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£335£293£43n/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: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years
(42 years as a company)

www.newcastlelawcentre.co.uk

juliemaxwell@newcastlelawcentre.co.uk

01912304777

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Cumbria, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
Access to Justice Foundation£798,011
Justice Together Initiative£600,000
National Lottery Community Fund£419,375
The Legal Education Foundation£162,514
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation£100,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£82,056
AB Charitable Trust£62,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£42,272
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North East Law Centre
£22,000 21/08/2023
An unrestricted grant of £22,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. North East Law Centre provides specialist legal advice in family, education, immigration and employment law.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to North East Law Centre
£10,000 30/03/2023
Cost of living grant for core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Help through Crisis
£409,551 15/02/2023
The funding will be used to provide specialist advice and practical assistance to families in Newcastle experiencing crisis and hardship. The project aims to resolve underlying issues in families and to tackle everyday issues such as food poverty.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to North East Law Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to North East Law Centre
£100,000 24/11/2022
Towards specialised immigration hub
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2022
£83,863 23/11/2022
A grant to North East Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9.
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,000 22/11/2022
Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North East Law Centre
£20,000 06/10/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). North East Law Centre provides specialist legal advice in family, education, immigration and employment law.
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£133,455 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 welfare and family legal advice, to enable users ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£41,332 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 early as possible and avoid the need for court or ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to North East Law Centre
£7,272 12/05/2022
Running costs for the education advice service
National Lottery Community Fund - Rights in Education Advice Project
£9,824 18/02/2022
The project will use the funding to continue providing an inclusive education law advice service for vulnerable and disadvantaged people including those on low incomes. It will provide a weekly advice line advice leaflets and support for local ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£60,000 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 COVID72
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The organisation’s core costs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, based in the North East of England
£25,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s core costs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, based in the North East of England
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to North East Law Centre
£25,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s core costs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, based in the North East of England
Justice Together Initiative - North East immigration advice hub
£600,000 20/04/2021
A grant to create a Specialist Immigration Advice Hub to increase access to advice for clients throughout the North East. The aim of the hub model, is to build a partnership between expert legal organisations and civil society organisations, to ....more
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2021
£78,651 24/03/2021
A grant to North East Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8.
Tudor Trust - Grant to North East Law Centre
£2,000 21/01/2021
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
£5,400 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
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The provision of additional advice to clients in Tyne & Wear on low incomes / benefits in the wake of Covid-19
£14,800 06/10/2020
The provision of additional advice to clients in Tyne & Wear on low incomes / benefits in the wake of Covid-19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the provision of additional advice to clients in Tyne & Wear on low incomes / benefits in the wake of Covid-19
£15,000 06/10/2020
the provision of additional advice to clients in Tyne & Wear on low incomes / benefits in the wake of Covid-19
Access to Justice Foundation - Legal Support for Litigants in Person Grant
£545,824 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 problems escalating. To develop our understanding of ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to North East Law Centre
£8,710 24/07/2020
Grant to North East Law Centre meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for people on low incomes in Tyne & Wear during the COVID-19 pandemic
£10,000 07/05/2020
Support for people on low incomes in Tyne & Wear during the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - support for people on low incomes in Tyne & Wear during the COVID-19 pandemic
£10,000 07/05/2020
support for people on low incomes in Tyne & Wear during the COVID-19 pandemic
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North East Law Centre
£20,000 23/04/2020
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. North East Law Centre provides legal advice in the areas of family, immigration, employment, education and discrimination law
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - an education advice service for individuals and voluntary organisations across Tyne and Wear
£7,256 02/04/2020
an education advice service for individuals and voluntary organisations across Tyne and Wear
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North East Law Centre
£100,000 16/07/2019
36
The grant is a contribution towards core costs of the charity.
Tudor Trust - Grant to North East Law Centre
£100,000 15/07/2019
36
over three years towards salaries at a law centre serving marginalised communities across the North East
The Baring Foundation - Grant to North East Law Centre
£97,031 11/03/2019
Salary costs for development work and for project delivery.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North East Law Centre
£15,000 23/01/2018
£15,000 towards core costs for the Specialist Education advice service. North East Law Centre provides free legal advice to those most disadvantaged in the areas of education, immigration, discrimination and employment. These can be accessed ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Increasing Access to Justice Project
£9,833 13/09/2017
12
The project will upgrade its telephone system and website so it can expand its advice service and online support. This will help more people access specialist advice and information.
Ministry of Justice - Litigants in Person Scheme 2
£15,000 01/07/2017
To provide support to litigants in person to help them access sources of information and free legal advice, to assist them to navigate the court process, and where appropriate to support them to represent themselves at court.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 03/05/2017
Sunderland Law Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North East Law Centre
£70,750 16/03/2016
36
North East Law Centre works with refugees and asylum seekers at the point of decision. This grant will be used to pay the salary of the Immigration and Asylum Solicitor.
National Lottery Community Fund - “Up a Height” – support for families in crisis.
£516,878 03/03/2016
60
The project will provide a service to young families in the most deprived areas of Newcastle who are in positions of extreme hardship and crisis with issues including benefit sanctions, sudden job loss, eviction or threat of eviction and family ....more
AB Charitable Trust - North East Refugee Law Project
£15,000 26/01/2016
£15,000 towards work with refugees and asylum seekers
Tudor Trust - Grant to North East Law Centre
£5,000 15/09/2015
as a development grant towards an external evaluation of the charity's work in the community
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Newcastle Law Centre Limited (North East)
£162,775 10/12/2013
Towards legal buddy project for asylum claims and appeals, working in partnership with Justice First.
Tudor Trust - Grant to North East Law Centre
£55,000 28/11/2013
24
over two years towards the salary and associated costs of a community outreach worker to establish a programme of community workshops and legal advice clinics
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Newcastle Law Centre Limited (North East)
£5,000 27/09/2013
To work with Justice First to develop casework systems.
AB Charitable Trust - Ensuring access to justice
£10,000 23/04/2013
£10,000 towards promoting access to legal justice for refugees and asylum seekers
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-46
  • ATOOSA KHATIRI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Operations Manager
  • CHARLES JOHN WHITTLE (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Accountant
  • DAFNI LIMA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Assistant Professor
  • KATHERINE FLOUNDERS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • KIMBERLEY JANE PROUD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MAXIMILIEN TSE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Executive
  • PROFESSOR PETER HOPKINS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Professor
  • STEPHEN COCKBURN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Deputy Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/09/2004, number: 1105937
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/07/1982, number: 01653936
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR09: 3 days late,
Main office

10-13 Saville Row
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 8JE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PEOPLE LIVING, WORKING OR HAVING A CONNECTION WITH THE DESIGNATED AREA:TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS IN NEED WITH LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS OR RESOURCES, IN PARTICULAR BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING ONE OR MORE INDEPENDENT LAW CENTRES AND AN OUTREACH SERVICE IN LIAISON WITH OTHER CHARITIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND STATUTORY BODIES;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS BY THE IMPROVEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE PRACTICE OF THE LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, HAVING REGARD ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AREAS OF THE LAW WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO PEOPLE IN POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR FACING DISCRIMINATION OR WHICH ARE DIRECTED TO THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR REDUCING DISCRIMINATION;TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF MINORITY OR DISADVANTAGED GROUPS IN SUCH WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY BODIES OPERATING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA, PARTICULARLY THOSE WORKING WITH PERSONS IN POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR WITH MEMBERS OF MINORITY OR DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, BY PROVIDING LEGAL AND RELATED SERVICES TO SUCH CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY BODIES FOR FREE OR AT REDUCED RATES OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME

Defined Area of Benefit:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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