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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

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:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
15/01/24?£205£288£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£195£233£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/22£232£315£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£331£202£129n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£321£368£-48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£273£402£-129n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£409£382£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£374£374£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£373£313£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£534£481£53£6£328£1884.760
31/03/13£506£478£28£6£275£2756.9130
31/03/12£563£492£71£6£319£2776.8100
31/03/11£545£505£41£6£206£2064.9100
31/03/10£471£470£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£479£477£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£424£450£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£461£434£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£487£451£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£530£459£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£510£525£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 35 years
(39 years as a company)

www.gloucesterlawcentre.co.uk

contact@gloucesterlawcentre.co.uk

01452423492

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

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 group’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 people with gain an increased income and reduced ....more
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 work with clients who will also be able to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-78
  • ANGELA PORTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Commercial Manager
  • CHRISTOPHER JOHN HILL Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • 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
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 132 days late, AR06: 125 days late,
Main office

Wiltshire Law Centre
Sanford House
Sanford Street
SWINDON
SN1 1HE

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)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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