Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 22

DERBYSHIRE LAW CENTRE LTD

To provide a range of legal advice and representation services to the most disadvantaged communities in Derbyshire.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Established: 34 years

derbyshirelawcentre.org.uk

dlc@derbyshirelawcentre.org.uk

01246550674

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	*	£1,150	£1,057	£93	£0	£442	£337	3.8	31	1
31/03/22		£1,152	£1,029	£123	£0	£349	£314	3.7	30	1
31/03/21		£1,125	£1,007	£118	£2	£274	£252	3	30	3
31/03/20		£883	£883	£-1	£7	£156	£149	2	25	6
31/03/19		£675	£680	£-5	£1	£156	£151	2.7	21	8
31/03/18	*	£593	£571	£22	£4	£161	£157	3.3	16	0
31/03/17		£502	£485	£18	£2	£140	£130	3.2	14	0
31/03/16	*	£477	£482	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£493	£461	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£486	£470	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£390	£501	£-110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£693	£673	£20	£9	£196	£159	2.8	17	0
31/03/11	*	£742	£680	£62	£7	£176	£151	2.7	18	0
31/03/10		£702	£680	£22	£7	£114	£86	1.5	17	0
31/03/09		£634	£652	£-17	£7	£92	£40	0.7	20	0
31/03/08		£556	£581	£-25	£7	£110	£64	1.3	17	0
31/03/07		£391	£403	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£350	£331	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£332	£298	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£362	£335	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Derbyshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

31 employees
1 volunteer

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	£664,982
National Lottery Community Fund	£311,366
The Legal Education Foundation	£77,407
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
AB Charitable Trust	£40,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Lives Through Advice Grant
£500,000	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.
National Lottery Community Fund - Step in to Work
£311,366	24/03/2023	This project will use funding to provide supported and compassionate volunteering opportunities for young people those with disabilities and long-term health issues to develop skills knowledge and ....more This project will use funding to provide supported and compassionate volunteering opportunities for young people those with disabilities and long-term health issues to develop skills knowledge and confidence in a legal setting. Through the volunteering programme it will also enable increased access to legal support for people across Derbyshire.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Derbyshire Law Centre
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
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)
£90,000	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 ....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.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Derbyshire Law Centre
£20,000	21/04/2022	An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Derbyshire Law Centre provides legal advice, casework, and representation to people across the county in the ....more An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Derbyshire Law Centre provides legal advice, casework, and representation to people across the county in the areas of housing, homelessness, employment, debt, immigration, and discrimination law.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£56,786	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 COVID30
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Derbyshire Law Centre
£50,000	09/12/2020 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Derbyshire Law Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Homeless and Vulnerably Housed funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to ....more Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Derbyshire Law Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Homeless and Vulnerably Housed funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
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
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£5,000	19/06/2020	community grant
CAF - Grant to Derbyshire Law Centre
£5,000	29/05/2020 3	Grant to Derbyshire Law Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Derbyshire Law Centre
£20,000	23/04/2020	An unrestricted grant of £20,000. provides legal services to people across the county in the areas of housing, homelessness, employment, debt, immigration and discrimination law
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2020
£77,407	13/03/2020	A grant to Derbyshire Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7.
AB Charitable Trust - Settlement advice service for refugees and migrants
£15,000	30/06/2016	£15,000 towards Derbyshire Settlement Advice Service to protect and integrate refugees/ families who are separated across international borders
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Derbyshire Law Centre
£27,900	21/01/2015	Building Communities: Social Housing Heritage in North Eastern Derbyshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Managing Demand 4 Advice across North Eastern Derbyshire Coalfields Distric
£343,399	25/04/2013 24	The aim of this new project is for Chesterfield Law Centre (CLC) to transform the provision of advice across the three highly deprived North Eastern Derbyshires Coalfields districts of Chesterfield, ....more The aim of this new project is for Chesterfield Law Centre (CLC) to transform the provision of advice across the three highly deprived North Eastern Derbyshires Coalfields districts of Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and Bolsover. The Deciding Time report, 2012, confirmed the need for increased collaboration in order to transform the current service provision in order to reduce demand for advice.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-89

ANGELA MARGARET SUSANNE WEBSTER LCCMD Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: DERBYSHIRE UNEMPLOYED WORKERS' CENTRES,

COUNCILLOR NICHOLAS REDIHOUGH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teaching Assistant

DAVID ROLAND SHAW Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

DUNCAN MCGREGOR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeship: CRESWELL COMMUNITY & WELLBEING CENTRE,

ELAINE TIDD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeship: DERBYSHIRE UNEMPLOYED WORKERS' CENTRES,

JENNY FLOOD Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired

JOHN DUNCAN Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Retired

JACK WOOLLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Constituency Support Officer, Other trusteeships: SUTTON CUM DUCKMANTON RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY, SUTTON-CUM-DUCKMANTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION,

KATHLEEN ROUSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Councillor

MARTIN STONE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Councillor

MICK WILSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Welfare Rights Officer

ROBERT WILLIAM BUSBY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

SARAH WHITE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Legal Advisor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/1990, number: 702419
Registered at Companies House on 15/12/1989, number: 02453081

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
Investing charity funds 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 20 days late, AR18: 120 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR11: 12 days late,

Main office

DERBYSHIRE LAW CENTRE
1 ROSE HILL EAST
CHESTERFIELD
DERBYSHIRE
S40 1NU

Objectives

(I) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING WITHIN THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE AND ANY OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AS DIRECTED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE IMPROVEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE PRACTICE OF THE LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, HAVING REGARD ESPECIALLY TO THOSE AREAS OF THE LAW WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO POOR PEOPLE OR ARE DIRECTED TO THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; (III) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE AND ANY OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AS DIRECTED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE

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