Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

NORTH KENSINGTON LAW CENTRE 

North Kensington Law Centre provides a free and or subsidised independent specialist legal service to the community and promotes access to legal rights and equality of opportunity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 44 years

www.nklc.org.uk

info@nklc.org.uk

02089697473

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UN SDGs
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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£581£493£88£6£394£3949.6119
31/03/22£467£426£41n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£617£448£169£17£266£2667.1136
31/03/20*£416£384£32n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19*£386£375£11n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£441£419£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£374£378£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£359£342£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£349£346£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£305£299£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£750£744£6£8£7£70.1120
31/03/11*£868£820£48£7£2£20160
31/03/10*£871£852£19£8£-46£-62-0.9140
31/03/09*£557£725£-168£5£-65£-67-1.1140
31/03/08£595£662£-68£5£103£981.8160
31/03/07*£644£607£38£6£171£1663.3160
31/03/06£565£554£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£553£527£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£502£536£-34£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 9.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 4.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 11 employees
  • 9 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
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
National Lottery Community Fund£255,062
Trust for London£231,000
Access to Justice Foundation£201,161
City Bridge Trust£112,500
AB Charitable Trust£45,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£30,000
London Legal Support Trust£10,000
Tudor Trust£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£7,500 28/05/2020
12
as a development grant to to support digital communication and storytelling work as they mark their 50th anniversary as the first UK law centre
Trust for London - North Kensington Law Centre
£2,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9120
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£112,500 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 ....more
Trust for London - North Kensington Law Centre
£141,000 29/06/2022
The funding is for the ongoing support and salary of a senior Employment Caseworker and supporting costs to continue to meet the high demand of people seeking help in a range of employment matters ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£15,000 17/06/2022
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of 3 years). North Kensington Law Centre provides free and low-cost legal advice and representation in the areas of immigration, ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£32,661 23/05/2022
The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as ....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
Trust for London - North Kensington Law Centre
£50,000 06/10/2021
24
The funding is for an Immigration Caseworker to join the Windrush Justice Clinic.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£50,000 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 COVID38
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£15,000 14/06/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). North Kensington Law Centre provides free and low-cost legal advice and representation in the areas of ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Windrush Justice Clinic
£30,000 23/11/2020
North Kensington Law Centre (NKLC) serves communities most in need of legal support and services. This funding will create a collaboration of community groups, university law clinics and law centres ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£6,000 19/10/2020
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 - North Kensington Law Centre
£37,500 30/07/2020
6
The funding is for the salaries of two solicitors (employment welfare benefit),an administrator and equipment to continue its current free legal advice sevices for people affected by the pandemic. As ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£15,000 02/07/2020
An unrestricted grant of £15,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). North Kensington Law Centre provides free and low-cost legal advice and representation in the areas of ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£12,500 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £12,500, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Welfare Benefits and Housing Advice Triage Project
£245,112 02/03/2020
60
The funding will be used to deliver a drop-in service, which will offer legal advice in welfare benefits and housing law. The project aims to ensure that that members of the community, particularly ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£100,000 25/07/2019
24
£100,000 over two further and final years (2 x £50,000) for a full time Triage Co-ordinator and associated running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - NKLC Client Voices
£9,950 18/07/2019
12
The project will use the funding to promote advocacy and legal advice services for local people faced by multiple barriers.
Trust for London - North Kensington Law Centre
£140,000 28/02/2019
36
The funding is for the salary of the current Senior Employment Caseworker and supporting costs to train and supervise volunteers to continue to meet the high demand of people seeking help in a range ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£20,000 24/01/2019
£20,000 towards core costs. North Kensington Law Centre provides information, advice, casework and representation on employment, housing, immigration & asylum and welfare benefits.
Tudor Trust - Grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£80,000 05/07/2018
24
over two years as continution funding towards core salaries at a community law centre supporting people with limited access to legal services
Trust for London - North Kensington Law Centre
£50,000 21/07/2017
24
The funding is towards the salary and on costs of appointing an additional Public Law Lawyer to support people affected by the Grenfell Fire.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£50,000 04/07/2017
£50,000 towards legal advice for communities affected by Grenfell Tower fire. North Kensington Law Centre provides information, advice, casework and representation on employment, housing, ....more
Indigo Trust - Legal assistance to the West London community
£15,000 26/06/2017
Unrestricted funding to assist NKLC in providing free or subsidised legal advice to the West London community, in light of the Grenfell Tower disaster.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£20,000 27/04/2017
£20,000 towards the set up and running costs of criminal and prison law services. North Kensington Law Centre provides information, advice, casework and representation on employment, housing, ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Legal advice to local communities
£10,000 27/01/2015
£10,000 towards core costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£120,000 23/10/2014
36
over three years as continuation funding towards salaries at a community law centre supporting people with limited access to legal services in North Kensington, London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£150,000 10/04/2014
36
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards the salary of a Triage Co-ordinator and associated running costs of establishing a triage system within the law centre.
Tudor Trust - Grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£60,000 17/02/2014
over one year towards salaries to support changes at a community law centre supporting people with limited access to legal services in North Kensington, London
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to North Kensington Law Centre
£132,028 30/09/2010
24
Towards Project costs Towards the cost of specialist legal support for migrant domestic workers who have been trafficked or abused by their employers.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-84
  • NADIA NAIL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Freelance Translator
  • PAT HEALY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/04/1980, number: 279699
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/02/1980, number: 01480110
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 10 days late, AR19: 116 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 64 days late, AR12: 55 days late, AR11: 12 days late, AR10: 80 days late, AR09: 13 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 24 days late,
Main office

Unit 23 Baseline Studios
Whitchurch Road
W11 4AT

Objectives

(I) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BENEFIT AREA BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; (II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE BENEFIT AREA; (III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS RESIDET OR WORKING IN THE BENEFIT AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH KENSINGTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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