Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

FYLDE COAST ADVICE AND LEGAL CENTRE

The provision of advice and representation to individuals in poverty being in receipt of benefits and/or on a low income. Such services to be provided within the designated areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender 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

Established: 7 years

www.fyldecoastadviceandlegalcentre.org.uk

enquiries@fcalc.org.uk

01253 579450

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
30/06/22		£135	£142	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/06/21	*	£143	£138	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/06/20		£53	£46	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/06/19		£32	£34	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
30/06/18		£16	£12	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	4

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Blackpool, Lancashire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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

Tudor Trust	£100,000
Access to Justice Foundation	£80,000
DCMS	£45,501

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to Fylde Coast Advice & Legal Centre
£100,000	01/11/2021 36	over three years towards core costs at a charity providing free legal advice and information services to disadvantaged communities in Blackpool and the Fylde coast area
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£60,000	12/08/2021	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 COVID45
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£45,501	08/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£20,000	06/07/2020	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
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Fylde Coast Advice & Legal Centre
£45,000	24/04/2018	£45,000 over 3 years (£15,000 pa) towards a Solicitor post. Fylde Coast Advice & Legal Centre in Blackpool seeks to provide social welfare legal advice for people on low incomes and to ....more £45,000 over 3 years (£15,000 pa) towards a Solicitor post. Fylde Coast Advice & Legal Centre in Blackpool seeks to provide social welfare legal advice for people on low incomes and to disadvantaged groups.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANGELA BROOKE-STEEL Appointed: 2020

HOLLY SWALES Appointed: 2021

JODIE TREMBLES Appointed: 2019

JOHN ANTHONY BLOTT Appointed: 2021

KENDRICK VILINSKIS FOWLER Appointed: 2021

MARTIN MITCHELL (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: LAYTON COMMUNITY HOUSE,

PAUL GREATOREX Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/04/2017, number: 1172655

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR21: 173 days late,

Main office

Unit 8 Blackpool Technology Centre
Faraday Way
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY2 0JW

Objectives

The object[s] of the CIO are (a) To relieve poor persons in England and Wales in particular but focused on the Boroughs of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and the Cities of Lancaster ad Preston (the designated area) by providing such person with legal services which they could not otherwise obtain through lack of means(b) B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA

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