Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +10

YOUTH LEGAL AND RESOURCE CENTRE 

? Provided independent legal advice, and representation to young people living, studying or working in Wandsworth in Housing and Community Care law.? Provided telephone advice to members of the public and2nd tier advice agencies and guidance and support to first tier advice workers.? Carried out development, out-reach and training work.? Sought funding for youth centred services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

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 was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 11 years

www.youthlegal.org.uk

info@youthlegal.org.uk

02031951906

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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£231£260£-29n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£283£265£18n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/21£221£171£50n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20£134£147£-13n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£100£73£27n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£72£40£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£43£40£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£43£39£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£36£29£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£23£19£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
Trust for London£210,816
Access to Justice Foundation£91,196
City Bridge Trust£75,625
BBC Children in Need£45,000
DCMS£32,006
London Legal Support Trust£10,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£8,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YOUth Legal and Resource Centre
£45,000 28/09/2023
The grant will fund organisational costs to support high quality legal advice for children and young people facing civil legal problems. This will strengthen capacity for core activities that are ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£8,500 08/12/2022
Refurbishment of building for a charity which works with vulnerable young people in Greater London
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.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£69,500 03/05/2022
£69,500 for two further and final years (£33,500; £36,000) for a part-time Debt and Money Advice Caseworker (3dpw) and associated project costs.
Trust for London - Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£132,000 05/04/2022
36
The funding is for a contribution to the costs of two solicitors (2 days pw each) over three years to provide specialist housing advice, training and holistic support in relation to private rented ....more
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
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£25,000 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 COVID56
Trust for London - Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£24,146 15/03/2021
The funding is for 2 days/week of the Director’s salary to cover the decrease in legal aid earnings, the marked increase in casework and the redevelopment of its advice service. COVID19 ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,006 15/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£54,000 27/08/2020
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
Trust for London - Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£42,560 30/07/2020
6
The funding is for increased capacity of specialist legal advice and representation of clients with legal problems including a part-time support worker providing clients a wrap around servicein ....more
CAF - Grant to Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£2,000 26/06/2020
3
Grant to Youth Legal and Resource Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Trust for London - Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£12,110 13/05/2020
3
The funding is for replacing the loss of Legal Aid income of the Director/Senior solicitors and housing solicitor due to having to focus on the extra administrative work of transforming our work to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£6,125 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £6,125, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant’
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£78,000 07/09/2018
36
£78,000 over three years (£24,500; £26,500; £27,000) for the part-time Debt and Money Advice Caseworker and associated project costs.
Trust for London - Youth Legal and Resource Centre
£60,000 06/06/2018
36
The funding is for the salary and overheads of a housing solicitor/caseworker of supervisor standard to provide specialist housing advice in possession proceedings, disrepair, homelessness and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2013, number: 1151052
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

Youth Legal and Resource Centre
Devas Club
2B Stormost Road
LONDON
SW11 5EN

Objectives

(1) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO YOUNG PERSONS, CHILDREN OR THEIR FAMILIES WHO LIVE, STUDY OR WORK WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH, MERTON, AND WITHIN SUCH OTHER BOROUGHS IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE;(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS LIVING, STUDYING OR WORKING WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH, MERTON, AND WITHIN SUCH OTHER BOROUGHS IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE;(3) THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH, MERTON, AND WITHIN SUCH OTHER BOROUGHS IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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