01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 15 July 1983
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 01417251
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £633,200
- Latest expenditure
- £555,839
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham Law Centre, 1st Floor, Hammersmith Library, Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith
Website recorded by the regulator: www.hflaw.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Hammersmith and Fulham Law Centre has worked on the front line of advice needs for 39 years. We have legal aid contracts in housing, welfare benefits, immigration & asylum and prioritise helping those who are most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We give free legal advice and support on a range of housing issues to people in H&F and run the duty possession desk 2 days a week at our local County Court
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- 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
- 9 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £633,200
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £555,839
- 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
- 16 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £664,486
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £531,436
- 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
- 19 December 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £474,295
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £395,207
- 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 December 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £443,661
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £460,261
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £690,488
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £469,515
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- 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
- 9 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £633,200
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £555,839
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 2
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Contracts
- 297170
- Income From Government Grants
- £28,928
- 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
- 5
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 16 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £664,486
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £531,436
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Contracts
- 107555
- Income From Government Grants
- £10,332
- 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
- 6
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- 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
- 19 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £474,295
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £395,207
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 3
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 230884
- 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
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- 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 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £443,661
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £460,261
- 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
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £171,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 25 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £690,488
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £469,515
- 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
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £13
- Income From Government Grants
- £444,955
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- 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
- 9 December 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3711
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 628855
- Income Investments
- 634
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 633200
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £510,542
- Expenditure Other
- 45297
- Expenditure Total
- 555839
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 12618
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 57915
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3873
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -1827
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £67,425
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5723
- Assets Own Use
- 5723
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £737,850
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £72,148
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £671,425
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 72148
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £340,955
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 671425
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 671425
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 16 December 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1094
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 662662
- Income Investments
- 730
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 664486
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £469,827
- Expenditure Other
- 61609
- Expenditure Total
- 531436
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 20271
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 61609
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £265,718
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7550
- Assets Own Use
- 7550
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £704,235
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £117,721
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £594,064
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 117721
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £365,392
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 594064
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 594064
- Count Employees
- 8
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 25 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3847
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 678565
- Income Investments
- 51
- Income Other
- 8025
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 690488
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £413,964
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £45,203
- Expenditure Other
- 10348
- Expenditure Total
- 469515
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 45203
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 10348
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 55551
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3517
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 3517
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7390
- Assets Own Use
- 7390
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £481,477
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £90,341
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £398,526
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 90341
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £304,739
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 398526
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 398526
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Hammersmith And Fulham
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1983-07-15T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH FEBRUARY 1979 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 18TH MAY 1983
- Charitable Objects
- (1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM; (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM; (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL FOR THE PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM.
- Area Of Benefit
- LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM
10 Official extract
Charity Other Regulators
- Regulator Order
- 1
- Regulator Name
- Financial Conduct Authority
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures