01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 28 June 2001
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 04096574
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £4,171,978
- Latest expenditure
- £4,151,129
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Epic House, 1 Lower Hill Street, LEICESTER, LE1 3SH
Website recorded by the regulator: www.leicesterlawcentre.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Community Advice and Law Service, trading as Leicester Community Advice and Law Centre, provides an independent specialist legal advice service in social welfare law including debt, housing, welfare benefits and immigration. We also provide financial capability support through the Moneywise Living project, energy advice and generalist advice at Foodbanks.
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
- 12 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £4,171,978
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,151,129
- 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 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,361,663
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,090,390
- 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
- 26 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £4,073,216
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,041,340
- 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
- 23 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,253,912
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,113,217
- 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
- 20 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,128,190
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,995,936
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
- 12 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £4,171,978
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,151,129
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 2
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Contracts
- 181377
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,504,253
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- 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
- 28 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,361,663
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,090,390
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 3
- Count Govt Grants
- £4
- Income From Government Contracts
- 232786
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,521,563
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 5
- 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
- 26 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £4,073,216
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,041,340
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 3
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 237959
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,390,269
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 5
- 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
- 23 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,253,912
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,113,217
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 2
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Contracts
- 151541
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,559,703
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 6
- 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
- 20 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,128,190
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,995,936
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 3
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 124998
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,595,741
- 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
- 12 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1109
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 240
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4160422
- Income Investments
- 10207
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4171978
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,151,129
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4151129
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2402283
- Expenditure Governance
- 6725
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 259816
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 43936
- Gain Loss Investment
- 10207
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -139
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £524,872
- Assets Total Fixed
- 109768
- Assets Own Use
- 109768
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -368
- Assets Other Assets
- £854,219
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £124,054
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £839,565
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 124054
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £744,689
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 529077
- Funds Restricted
- 310488
- Funds Total
- 839565
- Count Employees
- 42
- 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
- 28 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1463
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1220
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4351769
- Income Investments
- 7211
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4361663
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,090,390
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4090390
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2396680
- Expenditure Governance
- 7384
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 247514
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 50983
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £442,666
- Assets Total Fixed
- 153704
- Assets Own Use
- 153704
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -229
- Assets Other Assets
- £971,193
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £305,952
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £818,716
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 305952
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £649,559
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 455620
- Funds Restricted
- 363096
- Funds Total
- 818716
- Count Employees
- 40
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- 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
- 26 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 214
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4071816
- Income Investments
- 1186
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4073216
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,041,340
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4041340
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2681070
- Expenditure Governance
- 6130
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 191523
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 14349
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 279
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £353,255
- Assets Total Fixed
- 28749
- Assets Own Use
- 28749
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -491
- Assets Other Assets
- £699,059
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £179,874
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £547,443
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 179874
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £587,621
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 382004
- Funds Restricted
- 165439
- Funds Total
- 547443
- Count Employees
- 34
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- 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
- 23 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 195
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4253676
- Income Investments
- 41
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4253912
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,113,217
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4113217
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2594261
- Expenditure Governance
- 5944
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 270241
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 14070
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £252,472
- Assets Total Fixed
- 34607
- Assets Own Use
- 34607
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -770
- Assets Other Assets
- £669,961
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £188,231
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £515,567
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 188231
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £481,291
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 287079
- Funds Restricted
- 228488
- Funds Total
- 515567
- Count Employees
- 44
- 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
- 20 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1276
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1136
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4125767
- Income Investments
- 11
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4128190
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,995,936
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3995936
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2706780
- Expenditure Governance
- 6045
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 241807
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 8564
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £174,939
- Assets Total Fixed
- 47413
- Assets Own Use
- 47413
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -2866
- Assets Other Assets
- £710,222
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £379,897
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £374,872
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 379897
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £545,594
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 186004
- Funds Restricted
- 188868
- Funds Total
- 374872
- Count Employees
- 38
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Leicestershire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Nottinghamshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Leicester City
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Northamptonshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Rutland
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Derbyshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Lincolnshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE LTD
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2001-06-28T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/10/2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29/03/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/01/2012 as amended on 30 Nov 2022 as amended on 09 Dec 2024
- Charitable Objects
- 3.1 To relieve persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress and who are resident in England and Wales, hereinafter referred to as the “area of benefit”, through the provision of legal and related advice, assistance and representation.3.2 To advance the education of the public by the improvement and diffusion of knowledge of the law and the practice of the law and the administration of justice, having regard especially to those areas of the law which are of particular concern to people experiencing financial hardship or other forms of distress in the area of benefit.3.3 The advancement of such other charitable purposes as are beneficial to the community for persons resident in the area of benefit.3.4 In meeting the objects set out at (3.1), (3.2) and (3.3) above always to satisfy the public benefit requirement under the Charities Act 2011.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 684536
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- Leicester Community Advice and Law Centre
- Charity Name Id
- 491173
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE (LEICESTER & COUNTY)
- Charity Name Id
- 491177
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- LEICESTER MONEY ADVICE LTD
11 Official extract
Charity Other Regulators
- Regulator Order
- 1
- Regulator Name
- Financial Conduct Authority
12 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Paying staff