01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 10 April 1996
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03180659
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £625,497
- Latest expenditure
- £623,367
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: PRISONERS ADVICE SERVICE, PO BOX 46199, LONDON, EC1M 4XA
Website recorded by the regulator: www.prisonersadvice.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
THE PRISONERS' ADVICE SERVICE PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO PRISONERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES REGARDING THEIR RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY THE APPLICATION OF THE PRISON RULES AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF IMPRISONMENT.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £625,497
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £623,367
- Accounts Qualified
- Yes
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 2 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £591,927
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £531,359
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £498,354
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £488,226
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £567,072
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £485,325
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 November 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £488,877
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £433,758
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 6 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £625,497
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £623,367
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 12
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £591,927
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £531,359
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 12
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 28 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £498,354
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £488,226
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 12
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £567,072
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £485,325
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 15
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 21 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £488,877
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £433,758
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 15
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 6 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 453239
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 155440
- Income Investments
- 16818
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 625497
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £110,414
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £512,953
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 623367
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 18076
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 78095
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 6188
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £476,259
- Assets Total Fixed
- 9770
- Assets Own Use
- 9770
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £524,141
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £28,402
- Assets Current Investment
- 397180
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £505,509
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 28402
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £59,225
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 476259
- Funds Restricted
- 29250
- Funds Total
- 505509
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 463986
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 110859
- Income Investments
- 17082
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 591927
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £101,093
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £430,266
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 531359
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 16893
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 72017
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2000
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £455,609
- Assets Total Fixed
- 14908
- Assets Own Use
- 14908
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £529,950
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £41,479
- Assets Current Investment
- 392152
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £503,379
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 41479
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £75,899
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 455609
- Funds Restricted
- 47770
- Funds Total
- 503379
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 82606
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 150078
- Income Investments
- 6312
- Income Other
- 328076
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 567072
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £35,690
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £449,635
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 485325
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 15512
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 52689
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 1743
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £341,467
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1688
- Assets Own Use
- 1688
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £473,229
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £42,234
- Assets Current Investment
- 337452
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £432,683
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 42234
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £78,448
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 341467
- Funds Restricted
- 91216
- Funds Total
- 432683
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- PRISONERS' ADVICE SERVICE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1996-04-10T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/04/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/09/2015
- Charitable Objects
- (1) TO RELIEVE AND REHABILITATE PERSONS HELD IN PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG THE AFORESAID PERSONS AND THE FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF A FREE SERVICE OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE. (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, IN RELATION TO THE LAW RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS (WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL MEAN PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING OR HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR THROUGH ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER) AND MENTALLY DISORDERED PATIENTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PART III OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983 AND THE RIGHTS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS. (4) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 207721
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- PRISONERS ADVICE SERVICE PAS
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management