Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 10

PROJECT FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CHILDREN AS BRITISH CITIZENS

We provide legal services to children & young people to register as British citizens or establish their existing British citizenship; run monthly advice sessions for children, young people & their carers; undertake legal casework for children/young people with complex cases; write, disseminate & publicise briefings, articles, leaflets; train lawyers/social workers/others working with young people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/24	£247	£211	£36	n/a
31/03/23?	£150	£109	£41	n/a
31/08/22	£232	£156	£76	n/a
31/08/21	£135	£128	£7	n/a
31/08/20	£116	£67	£49	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

https://prcbc.org

admin@prcbc.net

07593103706

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Trust for London	£120,000
Access to Justice Foundation	£114,460
Esmee Fairbairn	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to PROJECT FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CHILDREN AS BRITISH CITIZENS
£10,000	20/10/2023	TASK fund donation towards core costs
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.
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£45,000	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 welfare and family legal advice, to enable users ....more 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 welfare and family legal advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or tribunal proceedings where possible. Where court or tribunal proceedings are needed, we expect the grant will provide the support needed to help people manage their way through the process effectively. A key feature of this programme is expected to focus on helping us all understand what works better in terms of service delivery and also to help make the case for future investment in this work.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£30,000	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 COVID41
Trust for London - Project For the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC)
£120,000	24/02/2021	The funding is for the salary of a full-time senior supervising solicitor and contribution towards core costs. The solicitor will run pro bono complex strategic casework and litigation on British nationality law, deliver campaigning and advocacy ....more The funding is for the salary of a full-time senior supervising solicitor and contribution towards core costs. The solicitor will run pro bono complex strategic casework and litigation on British nationality law, deliver campaigning and advocacy work, as well as training programme and awareness-raising for professionals.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£27,264	19/08/2020	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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

CAROL BOHMER (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Professor

DEREK ROBERT MCCONNELL Appointed: 2024

PAULINE GOODERSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Counsellor And Former Solicitor

SUE SHUTTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Volunteer Adviser

TONI-ANN MURPHY Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/01/2020, number: 1187681

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

23 Eyot Gardens
LONDON
W6 9TR

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE, AID, ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES IN RELATION TO BRITISH CITIZENSHIP CLAIMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND2. THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE, AID, ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES IN RELATION TO REGISTERING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AS BRITISH CITIZENS, OR ESTABLISHING THEIR EXISTING BRITISH CITIZENSHIP, PRIMARILY TO SUCH PERSONS WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN SUCH PROVISION DUE TO LACK OF MEANS; AND3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO MATTERS RELATING TO THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP STATUS; AND4. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS AND THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 AND THE EQUALITY ACT 2010) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A. MONITORING, DOCUMENTING AND RESEARCHING ISSUES RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OBTAINING BRITISH CITIZENSHIP OR ESTABLISHING THEIR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP STATUS AND CONDUCTING AND DISSEMINATING RESEARCH ON THESE ISSUES.B. COMMENTING ON LEGISLATION AND POLICIES RELATING TO THE CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.C. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE RIGHTS OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO REGISTER AS BRITISH CITIZENS.D. OBTAINING REDRESS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN RELATION TO BRITISH CITIZENSHIP CLAIMS, INCLUDING THROUGH REDRESS THROUGH THE COURTS.E. RELIEVING NEED AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN RELATION TO THEIR RIGHTS TO BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.F. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.G. RAISING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS.H. ADVOCACY ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS.I. ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS.

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