Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 13
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

HARROW LAW CENTRE 

a) the relief of financial hardship by the provision of free, independent legal advice and assistance to person who, through lack of means, would otherwise be unable to obtain such advice;b) public legal education
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 14 years

www.harrowlawcentre.org.uk

info@harrowlawcentre.org.uk

02088634355

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UN SDGs
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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£663£727£-63£0£234£2343.9163
31/03/22£663£727£-63£0£234£2343.9151
31/03/21£738£650£87£0£298£2985.5160
31/03/20£602£452£149£0£210£2085.5167
31/03/19£379£415£-36n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18£430£364£66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£332£320£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£309£294£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£250£246£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£247£218£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£143£158£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£72£106£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£61£41£20£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
  • 3 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
Three Guineas Trust£604,644
The Bell Foundation£346,582
Trust for London£188,000
John Lyon's Charity£90,000
The Legal Education Foundation£88,780
Access to Justice Foundation£87,196
AB Charitable Trust£35,000
London Legal Support Trust£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Three Guineas Trust - Welfare rights advice and legal representation for disabled people
£247,500 22/12/2023
Welfare rights advice and legal representation for disabled people
Three Guineas Trust - Cost of living
£4,500 18/01/2023
To help with the effects of the rise in cost of living on the charity's operation
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196 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.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Harrow Law Centre
£90,000 17/11/2022
Education Solicitor
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£75,000 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
Three Guineas Trust - Towards employment of a welfare benefits solicitor and a part-time welfare benefits caseworker
£150,000 04/07/2022
Towards employment of a welfare benefits solicitor and a part-time welfare benefits caseworker
Trust for London - Harrow Law Centre
£100,000 29/06/2022
The funding is for part of the salary of a full time Immigration solicitor.
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2022
£88,780 15/06/2022
A grant to Harrow Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9.
The Bell Foundation - Victims of Crime Year 4
£39,104 06/05/2022
Harrow Law Centre provides a free and independent legal advice service to people who live or work in the London Borough of Harrow. The Bell Foundation is funding this work to provide advice and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Harrow Law Centre
£20,000 21/04/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Harrow Law Centre provides free legal advice and representation in social welfare law to people in the borough.
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2021
£10,000 14/12/2021
Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice ....more
The Bell Foundation - Victims of Crime Y3
£47,004 08/06/2021
Harrow Law Centre provides a free and independent legal advice service to people who live or work in the London Borough of Harrow. The Bell Foundation is funding this work to provide advice and ....more
The Bell Foundation - Victims of Crime Y3
£130,237 08/06/2021
Harrow Law Centre provides a free and independent legal advice service to people who live or work in the London Borough of Harrow. The Bell Foundation is funding this work to provide advice and ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Harrow Law Centre
£10,000 27/11/2020
European outreach work
Three Guineas Trust - Salary of a part-time specialist welfare rights worker
£50,136 12/11/2020
Salary of a part-time specialist welfare rights worker
The Bell Foundation - Victims of Crime Y2
£130,237 20/03/2020
Harrow Law Centre provides a free and independent legal advice service to people who live or work in the London Borough of Harrow. The Bell Foundation is funding this work to provide advice and ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Harrow Law Centre
£2,000 16/01/2020
as a staff grant towards the running costs of a law centre supporting marginalised communities in Harrow with legal advice and support
Three Guineas Trust - Grant towards the welfare rights tribunal service.
£152,508 09/10/2019
Grant towards the welfare rights tribunal service.
Trust for London - Harrow Law Centre
£88,000 02/10/2019
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The funding is for a part time (three days per week) immigration solicitor. It is a request for continued funding. The worker will give one to one advice on aspects of immigration law, will represent ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Harrow Law Centre
£15,000 25/04/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Harrow Law Centre provides free legal advice and representation to people in Harrow.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Harrow Law Centre
£15,000 24/04/2018
£15,000 towards core costs. Harrow Law Centre provides free legal advice and representation to people in Harrow.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Harrow Law Centre
£76,217 02/03/2018
36
Legal advocacy for young people affected by homelessness, school exclusion, immigration and other challenges. Young people will be safer, physically well and empowered.
Three Guineas Trust - Caseworker and associated costs
£144,219 02/06/2016
For a caseworker and associated costs.
AB Charitable Trust - Legal advice and representation Human Rights cases
£10,000 20/10/2015
£10,000 towards core costs
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Harrow Law Centre
£77,700 16/07/2014
36
£77,700 over three years (£26,100; £25,700; £25,900) towards the salary and on-costs of a part-time Solicitor to provide legal advice and representation on issues relating to housing and related ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Harrow Law Centre
£24,000 29/06/2012
the salary and on-costs of a part time Welfare Rights Adviser, training and recruitment costs and a contribution to office costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-72
  • ANNE WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Patient And Public Involvement
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/03/2010, number: 1134778
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/01/2010, number: 07126773
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
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE LODGE
64 PINNER ROAD
HARROW
MIDDLESEX
HA1 4HZ

Objectives

A THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE, INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICEB TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME IN FORCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDC TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

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