Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +10

    GOVAN LAW CENTRE  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
    Established: 7 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Charitable activities £220,100 £247,493 £212,165 £123,233 £217,388
    Donations & Legacies £864,772 £974,750 £931,308 £896,807
    Other Income £3,883 £27,601
    Investment Income £622 £888 £6,215 £635 £2,427
    Total income £1,085,494 £1,223,131 £1,153,571 £1,048,276 £1,136,608 £1,170,630
    Charitable activities spending £1,034,246 £1,045,123 £1,134,085 £1,054,522
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending £1,070,142
    Total spending £1,034,246 £1,045,123 £1,134,085 £1,054,522 £1,061,504 £1,070,142
    Surplus/deficit £51,248 £178,008 £19,486 -£6,246 £75,104 £100,488
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    • The promotion of equality and diversity
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    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£90,076
    Foundation Scotland£74,597
    Scottish Government£66,295
    DCMS£30,000
    AB Charitable Trust£15,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    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.
    Foundation Scotland - Intervention Service for Women and Children experiencing Domestic Abuse and VAWG.
    £44,597 15/03/2022
    To cover the cost of employing a female caseworker
    Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
    £50,000 06/08/2021
    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 COVID20
    Scottish Government - Govan Law Centre
    £25,000 16/12/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
    £27,880 24/11/2020
    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
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £30,000 12/08/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Govan Law Centre
    £30,000 12/08/2020
    to contribute towards staffing costs for a solicitor experienced in employment, court work and other relevant civil law and an experienced Debt and Money Adviser specialising in sequestration, debt ....more
    Scottish Government - Govan Law Centre
    £41,295 18/05/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Govan Law Centre
    £15,000 09/01/2020
    An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Govan Law Centre delivers legal casework, court and tribunal representation in housing, employment, debt, welfare rights and legal work, as well as strategic ....more
    Glasgow City Council - Financial Inclusion Service - Govan Law Centre
    £222,660 21/03/2019
    The provision of financial inclusion and housing information and advice services.
    Glasgow City Council - Financial Inclusion Service - Govan Law Centre
    £222,660 31/05/2018
    The provision of financial inclusion and housing information and advice services.
    Glasgow City Council - Financial Inclusion Service - Govan Law Centre
    £222,660 22/01/2015
    The provision of financial inclusion and housing information and advice services.
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Govan Law Centre
    £35,725 01/12/2011
    Towards developing the confidence of poorer home owners in Govanhill to tackle significant issues in their community and complement work with tenants and BME communities.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 17/05/2017, number: SC047423
    • Notes: This charity has been established to replace Govan Law Centre Trust (SC030193). Govan Law Centre Trust (SC030193) intends to wind up and pass its assets and liabilities to Govan Law Centre (SC047423) which is a SCIO.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    18-20 Orkney Street, Glasgow, G51 2BX

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are: (a) To prevent and relieve poverty by increasing the availability of, and facilitating access to, legal advice, assistance and representation geared to the special needs of persons who are in a state of poverty, or at risk of poverty, where such advice, assistance and representation could not readily be obtained by such persons elsewhere. (b) To promote equality and diversity, and advance human rights through the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation to persons in need of assistance, where such legal advice, assistance and representation could not readily be obtained by such persons elsewhere. (c) To advance education and in particular, to increase knowledge and awareness of the law in the fields of housing, homelessness, social security, personal debt, consumer matters, equal opportunities, human rights, public law, rights of victims of crime or accidents, employment, disability, community care, mental health, children and social work, and all other fields in relation to which there appears, in the opinion of the Charity Trustees, to be a general knowledge and awareness of the law.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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