CCEW Charity Commission profile

LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST

Registered charity 1101906 · organisation 4003946

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Charitable company
Registered
4 February 2004
Removed
Not supplied
Company number supplied
04930926
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£4,995,621
Latest expenditure
£4,856,066
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 1 Lady Hale Gate, Gray's, London, WC1X 8BS

Website recorded by the regulator: www.londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

THE TRUST FUNDS VOLUNTARY SECTOR LEGAL AGENCIES IN LONDON AND THE HOME COUNTIES THAT PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ADVICE TO POOR OR DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND NETWORK ORGANISATIONS THAT SUPPORT THESE LEGAL AGENCIES.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
22 October 2026
Date Accounts Received
22 October 2026
Total Gross Income
£4,995,621
Total Gross Expenditure
£4,856,066
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
3 October 2025
Date Accounts Received
3 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£4,740,335
Total Gross Expenditure
£4,635,529
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received
30 October 2024
Date Accounts Received
30 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£3,816,414
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,448,024
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received
20 October 2023
Date Accounts Received
20 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£2,031,610
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,675,881
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received
10 October 2022
Date Accounts Received
10 October 2022
Total Gross Income
£1,222,626
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,211,184

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 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Due Date
31 October 2026
Ar Received Date
22 October 2026
Total Gross Income
£4,995,621
Total Gross Expenditure
£4,856,066
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£1,198,267
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
0
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000
0
Count Salary Band 90001 100000
0
Count Salary Band 100001 110000
0
Count Salary Band 110001 120000
0
Count Salary Band 120001 130000
0
Count Salary Band 130001 140000
0
Count Salary Band 140001 150000
0
Count Salary Band 150001 200000
0
Count Salary Band 200001 250000
0
Count Salary Band 250001 300000
0
Count Salary Band 300001 350000
0
Count Salary Band 350001 400000
0
Count Salary Band 400001 450000
0
Count Salary Band 450001 500000
0
Count Salary Band Over 500000
0
Count Volunteers
250
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Due Date
31 October 2025
Ar Received Date
3 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£4,740,335
Total Gross Expenditure
£4,635,529
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£1,313,333
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
250
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Due Date
31 October 2024
Ar Received Date
30 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£3,816,414
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,448,024
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£906,666
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 70001 80000
1
Count Volunteers
10
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Due Date
31 October 2023
Ar Received Date
20 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£2,031,610
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,675,881
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£513,333
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000
1
Count Volunteers
10
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Due Date
31 October 2022
Ar Received Date
10 October 2022
Total Gross Income
£1,222,626
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,211,184
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
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
4

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 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Due Date
31 October 2026
Ar Received Date
22 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies
3764935
Income Other Trading Activities
1197869
Income Charitable Activities
0
Income Investments
32817
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
4995621
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£400,816
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£4,455,250
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
4856066
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
3257358
Expenditure Governance
13491
Expenditure Support Costs
798792
Expenditure Depreciation
2796
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£1,162,663
Assets Total Fixed
4461
Assets Own Use
4461
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£2,584,536
Assets Total Liabilities
£1,240,940
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£1,348,057
Creditors One Year Total Current
1240940
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£2,550,941
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
180933
Funds Restricted
1167124
Funds Total
1348057
Count Employees
15
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Due Date
31 October 2025
Ar Received Date
3 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies
3508752
Income Other Trading Activities
1197622
Income Charitable Activities
0
Income Investments
33961
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
4740335
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£374,559
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£4,260,970
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
4635529
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
3213438
Expenditure Governance
9000
Expenditure Support Costs
689132
Expenditure Depreciation
2123
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£1,074,613
Assets Total Fixed
4601
Assets Own Use
4601
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£1,883,943
Assets Total Liabilities
£680,042
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£1,208,502
Creditors One Year Total Current
680042
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£1,864,338
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
1079214
Funds Restricted
129288
Funds Total
1208502
Count Employees
13
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Due Date
31 October 2024
Ar Received Date
30 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies
2669931
Income Other Trading Activities
1121178
Income Charitable Activities
0
Income Investments
25305
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
3816414
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£311,487
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£3,136,537
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
3448024
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
2404293
Expenditure Governance
9000
Expenditure Support Costs
487244
Expenditure Depreciation
0
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£631,550
Assets Total Fixed
3278
Assets Own Use
3278
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£1,740,333
Assets Total Liabilities
£639,915
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£1,103,696
Creditors One Year Total Current
639915
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£1,682,796
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
634828
Funds Restricted
468868
Funds Total
1103696
Count Employees
13
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Due Date
31 October 2023
Ar Received Date
20 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies
1159645
Income Other Trading Activities
868234
Income Charitable Activities
0
Income Investments
3731
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
2031610
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£298,052
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£1,377,829
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
1675881
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
1071909
Expenditure Governance
9449
Expenditure Support Costs
305920
Expenditure Depreciation
0
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£490,832
Assets Total Fixed
0
Assets Own Use
0
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£1,087,099
Assets Total Liabilities
£351,793
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£735,306
Creditors One Year Total Current
351793
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£1,021,000
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
490833
Funds Restricted
244473
Funds Total
735306
Count Employees
13
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Due Date
31 October 2022
Ar Received Date
10 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies
401533
Income Other Trading Activities
820618
Income Charitable Activities
0
Income Investments
475
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
1222626
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£232,480
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£978,704
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
1211184
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
733330
Expenditure Governance
12840
Expenditure Support Costs
245374
Expenditure Depreciation
0
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£369,576
Assets Total Fixed
0
Assets Own Use
0
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£618,887
Assets Total Liabilities
£239,311
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£379,576
Creditors One Year Total Current
239311
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£550,599
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
369576
Funds Restricted
10000
Funds Total
379576
Count Employees
8
Charity Only Accounts
Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Surrey
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout London
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Buckinghamshire
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
East Sussex
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
West Sussex
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Essex
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Kent
Welsh Ind
No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
105
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Classification Code
101
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
General Charitable Purposes
Classification Code
205
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Classification Code
302
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Organisations
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2004-02-04T00:00:00
Charity Name
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST
Charity Event Order
2
Event Type
Asset transfer in
Date Of Event
2026-10-26T00:00:00
Reason
Removed by application
Assoc Organisation Number
5129006
Assoc Registered Charity Number
1181129
Assoc Charity Name
THE DAVIES FOUNDATION

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 OCTOBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 JANUARY 2004. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14 JANUARY 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 AUG 2017
Charitable Objects
1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONG RESIDENTS OF GREATER LONDON AND THE HOME COUNTIES IN ANY WAY THAT THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT TO CHARITABLE AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE ADVICE, CASEWORK OR REPRESENTATION IN RESPECT OF LEGAL ISSUES; AND 2) THE PROMOTION OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Area Of Benefit
GREATER LONDON AND THE HOME COUNTIES

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
350500
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
LLST

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Policy Name
Risk management
Policy Name
Complaints handling
Policy Name
Social media policy and procedures
Policy Name
Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Volunteer management
Policy Name
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Policy Name
Conflicting interests
Policy Name
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Policy Name
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Policy Name
Complaints policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Policy Name
Paying staff