Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 22

MERSEYSIDE LAW CENTRE LIMITED

Merseyside Law Centre is set up to provide access to justice for people in need through the provision of legal advice and representation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£471,878	£291,434	£180,444	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years
(8 years as a company)

https://www.merseysidelawcentre.co.uk

enquiries@merseysidelawcentre.co.uk

01517090504

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington, Wigan, Wirral,

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

Access to Justice Foundation	£512,133
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation	£120,000
The Legal Education Foundation	£87,523
AB Charitable Trust	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,770
John Moores Foundation	£8,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Lives Through Advice Grant
£497,461	01/03/2024	The Improving Lives Through Advice programme is made possible by a £30 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. Working in partnership with the ....more The Improving Lives Through Advice programme is made possible by a £30 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. Working in partnership with the largest community funder in the UK, the Improving Lives Through Advice programme will ensure continued access to specialist social welfare legal advice to some of the most marginalised communities in England. This funding programme aims to transform lives, address systemic issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities in need by funding organisations working at the frontline. The programme will also fund organisations embedded within communities, recognising the role they often play in providing inclusive, trusted spaces supporting individuals, families, and communities to access advice services when they need it most.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Law Centre
£8,000	09/02/2023	Towards essential IT support
National Lottery Community Fund - To Provide a Free Multilingual Translation Service for Clients without Funds
£9,770	13/01/2023	The funding will be used to provide a high quality translation service for people who do not speak English or English is not their first language to help them with complex legal matters relating to ....more The funding will be used to provide a high quality translation service for people who do not speak English or English is not their first language to help them with complex legal matters relating to issues such as housing homelessness asylum and immigration. This project aims to support people from black Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds who are in crisis.
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£14,672	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.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Merseyside Law Centre
£20,000	06/10/2022	An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Merseyside Law Centre provides free legal advice and representation on legally aided housing matters, welfare ....more An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Merseyside Law Centre provides free legal advice and representation on legally aided housing matters, welfare benefits and asylum support.
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Merseyside Law Centre
£120,000	28/07/2022	Towards development of a refugee immigration clinic
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2020
£87,523	13/03/2020	A grant to Merseyside Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-71

BERNARD WENTWORTH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

GILLIAN ANNE MOGLIONE MBE Appointed: 2015

MARK WEIGHTS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Charity Ceo

MAUREEN PATRICIA WILSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Registrar

PETER SIMM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

SIOBHAN COTTER-BURGESS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Project Manager, Other trusteeship: SHAP LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2022, number: 1199464
Registered at Companies House on 20/11/2015, number: 09882302

Gift Aid

NOT 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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

Merseyside Law Centre
Kuumba Imani Millenium Centre
4 Princes Road
Liverpool
L8 1TH

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT, STUDYING OR WORKING IN MERSEYSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY (A) PROVIDING THEM WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN BECAUSE OF A LACK OF MEANS AND (B) EDUCATING THEM ON THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND ON THE OPERATION OF THE LAW AND LEGAL SYSTEM. THE CHARITY MAY ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL FOR THE PEOPLES OF MERSEYSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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