Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

BRENT COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE

Provide Legal Advice and Representation to poor and vulnerable residents of the London Borough of Brent. Where it benefits the residents of the London Borough of Brent we may deliver charitable services more widely in the Greater London area and work in partnership with other voluntary sector charities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 12 years
(47 years as a company)

Noeleen@lawcentres.org.uk

020 7284 6514

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

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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		£9	£44	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£22	£55	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£17	£66	£-48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£474	£361	£113	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£288	£334	£-46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/18	*	£283	£248	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£283	£248	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£360	£488	£-128	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£462	£523	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£431	£402	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£480	£520	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Brent Community Law Centre Limited
£20,000	27/06/2019	An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Brent Community Law Centre seeks to provide legal advice and assistance on issues including education, employment, housing, immigration and welfare benefits. These ....more An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Brent Community Law Centre seeks to provide legal advice and assistance on issues including education, employment, housing, immigration and welfare benefits. These services ae provided through their helpline or face to face advice
AB Charitable Trust - Legal Advice
£10,000	26/06/2015	£10,000 towards a Legal Advice Service Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-77

DONAL MACCRAITH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

MILI PATEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy Leader Of Brent Council, Other trusteeship: NORTH WEST LONDON LAW CENTRES,

RAJA JAMAL ALI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Development Manager Rees Clayton

SEAN ANTHONY CANNING (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Law Centre Director

THOMAS STEPHENS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Public Affairs Consultant, Other trusteeship: NORTH WEST LONDON LAW CENTRES,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/03/2012, number: 1146239
Registered at Companies House on 13/01/1977, number: 01294090

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR18: 154 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR13: 124 days late,

Main office

12 Greenland Road
LONDON
NW1 0AY

Objectives

The Charity's objects are restricted specifically in each case only for the public benefit:i. To prevent and relieve poverty by providing in particular but not limited to a range of legal services, case work and representation for the Community;ii. To advance education of people and to empower them to understand their rights by providing in particular but not limited to public legal education in addition to case work; andiii. To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time determine.

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