Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 0

GLOUCESTER LAW CENTRE

We provide free, independent legal advice on Welfare Benefits and Housing for tenants to residents of Gloucester, and in some cases Gloucestershire, subject to eligibility for Legal Aid.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 34 years
(38 years as a company)

www.gloucesterlawcentre.co.uk

contact@gloucesterlawcentre.co.uk

01452423492

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£195	£233	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£232	£315	£-83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£331	£202	£129	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£321	£368	£-48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£390	£454	£-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18		£273	£402	£-129	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£409	£382	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£374	£374	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£373	£313	£61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£534	£481	£53	£6	£328	£188	4.7	6	0
31/03/13		£506	£478	£28	£6	£275	£275	6.9	13	0
31/03/12		£563	£492	£71	£6	£319	£277	6.8	10	0
31/03/11		£545	£505	£41	£6	£206	£206	4.9	10	0
31/03/10		£471	£470	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£479	£477	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£424	£450	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£461	£434	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£487	£451	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£530	£459	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£510	£525	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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

AB Charitable Trust	£15,000
CAF	£9,200
Access to Justice Foundation	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
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
CAF - Grant to Gloucester Law Centre
£9,200	08/06/2020 3	Grant to Gloucester Law Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Gloucester Law Centre
£15,000	27/06/2019	A restricted grant of £15,000 towards specialist welfare benefits advice. Gloucester Law Centre provides legal advice on immigration, housing, and welfare benefits.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting up - upgrading IT equipment to allow us to meet funders'
£10,000	02/12/2015 12	The group will use the funding to upgrade their existing computers plus purchase new ones. This will improve the groupâ€™s capacity to reach more disadvantaged clients who need free legal ....more The group will use the funding to upgrade their existing computers plus purchase new ones. This will improve the groupâ€™s capacity to reach more disadvantaged clients who need free legal assistance.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Gloucester Law Centre
£15,000	29/01/2014	Gloucester Law Centre provides free legal advice. This grant will contribute to the salary of a benefits caseworker to support and represent people through the benefits appeal system. Many disabled ....more Gloucester Law Centre provides free legal advice. This grant will contribute to the salary of a benefits caseworker to support and represent people through the benefits appeal system. Many disabled people with gain an increased income and reduced stress.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Up - Upgrading networking IT equipment
£10,000	19/02/2010 12	A project by this Gloucester charity to install computer equipment to upgrade working facilities for volunteers and officers. This will provide more interview facilities and improve the efficiency of ....more A project by this Gloucester charity to install computer equipment to upgrade working facilities for volunteers and officers. This will provide more interview facilities and improve the efficiency of work with clients who will also be able to complete forms online.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-77

ANGELA PORTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Commercial Manager

CHRISTOPHER JOHN HILL Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeships: THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - GLOUCESTER BRANCH, THE RICHARD WHITTINGTON LODGE BENEVOLENT FUND, GLOUCESTER UNIT 155 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS, THE FRIENDS OF ST CLEMENT DANES CENTRAL CHURCH OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE MERCERS HALL GLOUCESTER,

JAMES DALE Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired

STELLA JENSEN Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/05/1990, number: 900439
Registered at Companies House on 07/08/1985, number: 01937081

Gift Aid

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
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
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; AR07: 132 days late, AR06: 125 days late,

Main office

Gloucester Law Centre
Morroway House
Station Road
GLOUCESTER
GL1 1DW

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 IN THE BENEFIT AREA. (III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE BENEFIT AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE (MAINLY CITY OF GLOUCESTER)

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