Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

SOUTH WESTMINSTER LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE CIO

Provision of free legal advice to people on low incomes

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£37,444	£34,442	£3,002	120
31/12/21	£25,453	£12,737	£12,716	120
31/12/20	£22,096	£19,577	£2,519	120
31/12/19	£14,183	£17,040	£-2,857	28

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.swlac.org

SWLAC@live.com

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

City Of Westminster,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
120 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Westminster Legal Advice Centre
£1,000	05/06/2023	As requested by the donor towards the work of SWLAC a group of volunteer lawyers providing free legal advice that sims to empower clients to resolve contentious and non-contentious issues.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Westminster Legal Advice Centre
£2,500	25/04/2022	Grant to South Westminster Legal Advice Centre
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Making cities safer and cleaner using micro-mobility and machine learning
£51,190	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10043705

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW HARVEY FERNANDO TROVALUSCI Appointed: 2023

ANITA ANNE GEORGE Appointed: 2023

ANNE SARAH CLOVER Appointed: 2021

CHRISTOPHER JAMES WHITE Appointed: 2018

JENNIFER ANNE ISON Appointed: 2023

NIKHIL HARRY DSOUZA Appointed: 2021

ROBERT OAKLEY WALTERS Appointed: 2018

RICHARD CHARLES EATON Appointed: 2023

RICHARD WALFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: WENDENWORLDWIDE.AID,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/11/2018, number: 1180716

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SOUTH WESTMINSTER LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE on 05/02/2021

Main office

The Abbey Centre
34 Great Smith Street
LONDON
SW1P 3BU

Objectives

TO HOLD THE FUNDS OF THE CIO TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS, THOSE BEING FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR PERSONS IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THOSE BEING RESIDENT IN OR EMPLOYED IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER BY PROVIDING TO SUCH PERSONS LEGAL SERVICES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER WHICH THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANSAND WITHOUT WISHING TO RESTRICT THE GENERAL TERMS OF THE WORDS LEGAL SERVICES AS USED ABOVE, THESE SERVICES MAY INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH:(1) ANY CONTENTIOUS OR NON-CONTENTIOUS LEGAL WORK OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING THE PROSECUTION OF, OR DEFENCE OF ANY CIVIL OR FAMILY OR CRIMINAL CAUSES, CLAIMS OR INTERESTS (INCLUDING THE CHALLENGE OF EXECUTIVE ACTION) IN ANY COURT, TRIBUNAL, ARBITRATION, OR OTHER PLACE SET UP FOR THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES, AND ANY APPEALS FROM ANY SUCH DECISIONS; AND(2) ANY PROBLEMS CAUSED BY OR AS A RESULT OF DEBT, SICKNESS, POOR HOUSING, LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT, LOW INCOME, MATRIMONIAL BREAKDOWN, DISCRIMINATION, FAILURE TO OBTAIN WELFARE OR OTHER STATE ALLOWANCES OR BENEFITS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, FAILURE TO OBTAIN THE FULL AMOUNT TO WHICH SUCH PERSONS MAY BE ENTITLED, OR CLAIMS OR CLAWBACKS OF SUCH ALLOWANCES OR BENEFITS.

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