REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 01778148 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1043070
Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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| Reference and Administrative Details | 1 | ||
| Report of the Trustees | 2 | to | 6 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 7 | ||
| Statement of Financial Activities | 8 | ||
| Statement of Financial Position | 9 | ||
| NotestotheFinancialStatements | 10 | to | 15 |
Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Reference and Administrative Details for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
TRUSTEES C A Purnell (Chair) E Dyer (resigned 23.8.24) G C Osibo (resigned 17.7.25) K B Grubb (resigned 10.5.24) H Lansdowne LMG Rees P Marples (Treasurer) (appointed 25.7.24) O O'Hanlon (appointed 12.8.24) (resigned 12.8.25) R O Pulley-Crowther (appointed 14.8.24) J Hauxwell (appointed 25.7.24) (resigned 17.7.25) COMPANY SECRETARY P Marples REGISTERED OFFICE 36 Wellington Street Woolwich London SE18 6PE REGISTERED COMPANY 01778148 (England and Wales) NUMBER REGISTERED CHARITY 1043070 NUMBER INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Ardor Business Solutions Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Unit 1 Shrine Barn Sandling Road Hythe Kent CT21 4HE BANKERS The Co-operative Bank Olympic House 6 Olympic Court Montford Street Salford M5 2QP
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Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Plumstead Community Law Centre (PCLC) was founded in 1979 as an independent, specialist legal advice organisation, with its office originally based in Plumstead before relocating to Woolwich in 2015. It is genuinely independent from its major funders and any other external interests, which enables it to provide services that are wholly in their clients’ best interests.
In 1999, PCLC set up Thamesmead Law Centre (TLC) as a satellite office, and in 2007 TLC became an independent limited company and a registered charity, later moving to Erith and becoming known as_ Cross Street Law Centre until it closed in 2014. Other local law centres based in Lewisham, Bromley and Greenwich also closed in 2007, 2013 and 2014 respectively which has left PCLC as the sole remaining Law Centre in outer south-east London.
PCLC historically undertook legal aid work in in the areas of welfare benefits, housing, employment, immigration and education. However, since November 2011, PCLC has been funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich to provide specialist advice in the areas of welfare benefits, employment and immigration. Following enactment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) in 2013 almost all the work that PCLC undertook was removed from the scope of Legal Aid and PCLC has had to rely on local authority funding and other grants and service level agreements.
PCLC has had to adapt its services to adjust to a challenging funding environment for not-for-profit advice providers. Our services concentrate on the provision of specialist advice, casework and litigation services and we employ experienced solicitors and caseworkers to ensure our clients have access to a full range of legal services, from initial advice through to tribunal representation. However, despite a heavy emphasis on specialist legal advice, we have not lost sight of our charitable purpose or our focus on the needs of the local community.
We provide free second-tier advice to other local groups and provide talks and seminars to raise awareness of local services and improve understanding of the issues affecting local residents, workers and students. PCLC has witnessed changes to legal aid, amendments to public sector finance and significant welfare reforms. These have had serious adverse effects on our clients and the not-for-profit advice sector, however, despite these challenges we have: - Advised over 1,400 clients in the last year. - Remain partnered with the Royal Borough of Greenwich to run Greenwich Supports Advice Hubs throughout the borough, which have been secured for another year and continue to see increased attendance year on year. - Partnered with Charlton Athletic on their Live Well project to receive immigration referrals from local GPs and provide a holistic response for the community.
- Secured £673,000 welfare benefits for our clients.
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Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
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Provide pay rises to our staff members.
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Welcomed 4 new volunteers to our team.
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Rebuilt our trustee board bringing in experienced members.
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Appointed an interim CEO to stabilise the organisation and dissolve the collective and transition to a hierarchy structure. - Received a generous donation from Meridian Money Advice on their unfortunate closure to go towards our Welfare Benefits advice service.
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Obtained a new three-year grant from AB Charitable Trust
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Obtained a new three-year grant from Julia Rausing Trust
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Undertook background work to enable us to be in a good position to apply for a Specialist Quality Mark - In a position to recruit for a senior solicitor to help gain legal aid contracts and expand the work of the law centre.
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Launched our new website and increased our social media presence.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims Charitable Objectives
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To relieve poor persons resident in the benefit area by providing such persons with legal services which they could not otherwise obtain through lack of means.
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The advancement of education among persons resident or working in the benefit area.
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The advancement of such other charitable purposes as are beneficial to the community for persons resident or working in the benefit area.
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For all purposes, the benefit area shall be the Royal Borough of Greenwich and surrounding areas.
Plumstead Community Law Centre (PCLC) has been providing free legal advice to those living, working or studying in Greenwich since 1979. Across recent years, many factors have created a challenging environment for not-for-profit advice providers and the clients whom we serve. Whilst we continue to live in times of austerity, specifically the ‘cost of living crisis, we have high aspirations for PCLC having previously overcome significant challenges. We have proven that we are resilient, adaptable and proactive. It is against a backdrop of diminishing funding and increasing demand that we have reviewed our long-term strategy in this Business Plan. Now under new management, PCLC has reviewed its business plan with a vision to rebuild its presence in the community and expand and improve its services. This Business Plan summarises PCLC's goals in four key areas of development:
Aim 1: To Provide High-Quality, Free Specialist Legal Advice for Local Communities We aim to support and empower our local community, especially the most vulnerable, by providing free, high-quality, accessible specialist legal advice and representation.
Aim 2: To Ensure Sustainability We aim to secure long-term sustainability for our organisation and community through diversifying our revenue streams, delivering fundable services and investing in our staff and volunteers.
Aim 3: To Engage with Our Communities We aim to increase our presence in and understanding of our community.
Aim 4: To Strengthen Our Governance
We aim to reinforce our charitable governance.
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Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Public benefit
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit.
We have referred to guidance in the Charity Commission general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that they have set.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable activities VCS Funding
In 2024/2025, our VCS Funding continued. As that funding was reduced, we have responded by restructuring our immigration team. We advised over 1,400 clients in the last year, achieving in excess of £673,000 in financial gains for clients. Clients also report significant reductions in stress as a result of our assistance. We advised clients on a wide variety of cases including extension of leave to remain, change of conditions, registration of children as British citizens and many other cases. We were also heavily involved in the transition to e-visa process in the borough, supporting hundreds of clients. We have offered further advice and assistance through casework, more than half of those advised during the telephone sessions. We also received direct referrals from local MPs and the Nil Recourse and Resettlement team at the local council, where we supported families coming into the borough. This immigration team is now working primarily at the Advice Hubs to provide support.
The Welfare Benefits team provide specialist welfare benefit advice and representation for appeals to the First-Tier Tribunal as well as to the Upper Tribunal. They run an advice line on Tuesday mornings and receive direct referrals from the Greenwich Welfare Rights Service. Greenwich Welfare Rights Service refers most of our benefits clients to us. Greenwich Citizens Advice and mental health services, notably Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust also make referrals to our services. This year we secured £673,000 in financial entitlements for clients.
We also provide specialist Employment advice and accept direct referrals from any of our Greenwich residents, who live, work, or study in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, via our weekly specialist Employment advice line on a Wednesday, and through the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS). To respond to the changing needs of our clients, we have started a limited appointments only, face to face service, to deal with exceptional and unusual cases that require a face-to-face appointment. We also, on an ad hoc basis, provide advice to frontline advice agencies, such as Citizens Advice and Greenwich ‘Time to Talk’.
The Employment team has managed to achieve great results for our clients by assessing the merit of cases early on in the process and helping to lodge and prepare our client's cases.
Advice Hub Funding
We continued to provide services through The Advice Hubs, set up by Greenwich Council, which continue seeing increased numbers of clients. At these hubs, we are joined by colleagues from the Council's Welfare Rights Team, Greenwich Housing Rights and Citizens Advice. Holistic advice can be obtained under one roof for members of the local community and joint working is often utilised to give best options to those seeking advice. Our presence at the Greenwich Advice Hubs commenced in August 2022 and demand for immigration advice remains high. We have assisted over 800 unique clients at the hubs in the last financial year, with many of these enquiries have generated casework.
We are able to provide one off advice on any immigration query regardless of income. Queries have included work permits, student visas, complicated nationality queries, family reunion for refugees, applications for dependant family members, spouse and partners to join family in the U.K. applications and human_ rights applications for the terminally ill. There is an especially high demand for casework assistance, given that Legal Aid is not available for many of the areas of law that we cover. Priority is given to the vulnerable and destitute. In the next year we hope to be able to assist a wider range of people and continue to make a positive impact on people's lives.
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Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
FINANCIAL REVIEW Reserves policy
At 31 March 2025 the charitable company held funds of £105,722 which included sufficient funds to cover approximately 3 months operating expenditure, comprising funds to cover management, administration and support costs in the event of income being restricted or withdrawn for a period of time.
Going concern After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
The Trustees have considered the current funding commitment of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, as _ well as income from other sources. They have developed a fundraising strategy that includes applying for additional grant funding to support PCLC operations and has had some recent success. For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Our financial forecast demonstrates that by maintaining our current levels of funding we would continue to be financially viable and we would maintain the current level of service provision. We are, however, seeking additional funding to: - Diversify our income streams and reduce our reliance on our two primary local authority funders.. - Reduce the risks associated with a heavy reliance on local authority income in an environment of public spending cuts.
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Mitigate the effect of any reduction from current levels of funding on renewal.
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Enable us to invest in our people, in our premises and in the technology required to ensure our effectiveness and competitiveness in an increasingly competitive funding environment.
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Provide us with the resources to enhance our services and adapt to meet the changing needs of our clients.
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Expand our geographic reach to cater for the closure or reduction of services in and around Greenwich at a time of increasing demand for advice.
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Expand the range of services on offer to our clients given the scarcity of accessible, specialist advice services to help clients with complex needs.
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Provide us with greater flexibility in developing new services and meeting ‘back-office costs’. - Act as a resource for other not-for-profit organisations and continue to develop the partnerships which are So vital for the continued survival of SMEs providing legal advice to vulnerable clients.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
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Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Organisational structure PCLC is governed by an annually elected Management Committee responsible for planning our organisational strategy, setting of the budget, monitoring financial performance and managing the charity's overall risk.
The full powers and responsibilities of the Management Committee are set out in our Memorandum and Articles of Association. Management Committee members are directors for the purposes of company law and trustees for the purposes of charity law.
All trustees are volunteers and receive no remuneration for their involvement. Trustees usually meet monthly. We seek to ensure community representation on the Management Committee by inviting members of local community-based organisations to stand for election as trustees. We carry out an annual skills audit of trustees and seek to fill any gaps in terms of expertise or experience through the co-option of additional trustees.
Staff & Volunteer Team The staff team previously operated as a staff collective. They include a project developer, who is responsible for most operational and administrative matters and five specialist legal caseworkers. In July 2024, the Trustees adopted a functional structure of management and will be recruiting an executive officer. The Senior Solicitor has overall control of issues affecting the quality of our advice services to ensure compliance with their professional responsibilities as a solicitor.
Risk management
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
Our trustees carry out annual Risk Assessments including Health and Safety and SWOT analyses.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. Approved by order of the board of trustees on Zhe Noeinhs22628.. and signed on its behalf by:
Cc ‘A Purnell (Chair) - Trustee .
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited Company’)
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| report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, | report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination | have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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4 accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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2: the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3: the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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- the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Bryan Michael Kemsley FCCA FMAAT
Ardor Business Solutions Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Unit 1 Shrine Barn Sandling Road Hythe Kent CT21 4HE Date: 2A w swind GeCorse
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Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|funds|funds|funds|funds|
|Notes|£|£|£|i|
|INCOME AND|ENDOWMENTS|FROM|
|Donations|and|legacies|40,368|8,001|48,369|1,603|
|Charitable|activities|
|Advice|services|provided|-|178,483|178,483|243,300|
|Total|40,368|186,484|226,852|244,903|
|EXPENDITURE ON|
|Charitable|activities|
|Advice|services|provided|10,027|185,876|195,903|238,045|
|NET INCOME|30,341|608|30,949|6,858|
|RECONCILIATION|OF|FUNDS|
|Total funds|brought|forward|1,603|73,170|74,773|67,915|
|TOTAL|FUNDS CARRIED|FORWARD|31,944|73,778|105,722|74,773|
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
| Statement of Financial Position | Statement of Financial Position | Statement of Financial Position | |||
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| 31 March 2025 | |||||
| 31/3/25 | 31/3/24 | ||||
| Unrestricted funds |
_—_Restricted funds |
Total funds |
Total funds |
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| Notes | 5 | £ | £ | £ | |
| FIXED ASSETS | |||||
| Tangible assets | 6 | - | 1,794 | 1,794 | 2,110 |
| CURRENT ASSETS | |||||
| Debtors | 7 | - | 1,226 | 1,226 | 5,573 |
| Cash at bankand in hand | 31,944 | 79,793 | 111,737 | 78,275 | |
| 31,944 | 81,019 | 112,963 | 83,848 | ||
| CREDITORS | |||||
| Amounts fallingdue within oneyear | 8 | - | (9,035) | (9,035) | (11,185) |
| NETCURRENTASSETS | 31,944 | 71,984 | 103,928 | 72,663 | |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT | |||||
| LIABILITIES | 31,944 | 73,778 | 105,722 | 74,773 | |
| NET ASSETS | 31,944 | 73,778 | 105,722 | 74,773 | |
| FUNDS | 9 | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | 31,944 | 1,603 | |||
| Restricted funds | 73,778 | 73,170 | |||
| TOTALFUNDS | 105,722 | 74,773 |
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
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(a) — ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
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(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on BGX..Misv.terbstra. 24:2... and were signed on its behalf by:
C A Purnell(Chair) - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
‘1, ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)’, Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). Amounts are rounded to the nearest Pound Sterling.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Equipment - 15% on reducing balance Computers - 25% on cost
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
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2. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
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|Depreciation|- owned|assets|316|1,939|
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3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Trustees’ expenses
There were no trustees’ expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.
- STAFF COSTS
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
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|Direct|charitable|activities|7|7|
|Administration|1|1|
|8|8|
|No|employees|received|emoluments|in|excess|of £60,000.|
|5:|COMPARATIVES|FOR THE|STATEMENT|OF|FINANCIAL|ACTIVITIES|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|funds|funds|funds|
|=|£|£|
|INCOME|AND|ENDOWMENTS|FROM|
|Donations|and|legacies|1,603|-|1,603|
|Charitable|activities|
|Advice|services|provided|-|243,300|243,300|
|Total|1,603|243,300|244,903|
|EXPENDITURE|ON|
|Charitable|activities|
|Advice|services|provided|-|238,045|238,045|
|NET|INCOME|1,603|5,255|6,858|
|RECONCILIATION|OF|FUNDS|
|Total|funds|brought forward|-|67,915|67,915|
|TOTAL|FUNDS|CARRIED|FORWARD|1,603|73,170|74,773|
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5. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued
The above comparatives are in respect of the financial year 2022/23.
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|6.|TANGIBLE|FIXED|ASSETS|
|Equipment|Computers|Totals|
|COST|£|£|£|
|At|1|April 2024 and|31|March|2025|40,937|40,478|81,415|
|DEPRECIATION|
|At|1|April 2024|38,827|40,478|79,305|
|Charge|for year|316|-|316|
|At 31|March 2025|39,143|40,478|79,621|
|NET|BOOK|VALUE|
|At|31|March 2025|1,794|-|1,794|
|At|31|March 2024|2,110|-|2,110|
|7.|DEBTORS:|AMOUNTS|FALLING|DUE|WITHIN|ONE YEAR|
|31/3/25|31/3/24|
|Trade|debtors|£|£|
|VAT|-|5,361|
|1,226|212|
|1,226|5,573|
|8.|CREDITORS:|AMOUNTS|FALLING|DUE|WITHIN|ONE|YEAR|
|31/3/25|31/3/24|
|Social|e|£|
|Other|security and other taxes|1,855|3,648|
|creditors|4,980|5,337|
|Accruals and|deferred|income|2,200|2,200|
|9,035|11,185|
|9,|MOVEMENT|IN|FUNDS|
|Net|
|movement|At|
|At|1/4/24|in|funds|31/3/25|
|Unrestricted|funds|12|£|£|
|General|fund|1,603|341|1,944|
|AB|Charitable|Trust|-|30,000|30,000|
|Restricted|funds|1,603|30,341|31,944|
|Royal|Borough|of Greenwich|73,170|608|73,778|
|TOTAL FUNDS|74,773|30,949|105,722|
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9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
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|resources|expended|in|funds|
|Unrestricted|funds|s|£|£|
|General fund|341|-|341|
|AB|Charitable|Trust|30,000|-|30,000|
|Meridian|Money Advice|10,027|(10,027)|-|
|Restricted|funds|40,368|(10,027)|30,341|
|Royal|Borough|of Greenwich|167,484|(166,876)|608|
|Groundwork|London|8,001|(8,001)|-|
|Clockhouse Advice Hub|10,999|(10,999)|-|
|186,484|(185,876)|608|
|TOTAL FUNDS FUNDS|226,852|(195,903)|30,949|
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TOTAL FUNDS FUNDS
Comparatives for movement in funds
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|At|1/4/23|movementin|funds|31/3/24At|
|Unrestricted|funds|£|£|£|
|General|fund|-|1,603|1,603|
|Restricted|funds|
|Royal|Borough|of Greenwich|67,915|5,255|73,170|
|TOTAL|FUNDS|67,915|6,858|74,773|
|Comparative|net movement|in|funds,|included|in|the|above|are|as|follows:|
|Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|resources|expended|in|funds|
|Unrestricted|funds|£|£|£|
|General fund|1,603|-|1,603|
|Restricted|funds|
|Royal|Borough|of Greenwich|243,300|(238,045)|5,255|
|TOTAL FUNDS|244,903|(238,045)|6,858|
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9, MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- continued
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
| Net | |||
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At 31/3/25 |
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| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund AB Charitable Trust |
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1,944 30,000 |
1,944 30,000 |
| - | 31,944 | 31,944 | |
| Restricted funds | |||
| Royal Borough ofGreenwich | 67,915 | 5,863 | 73,778 |
| TOTALFUNDS | 67,915 | 37,807 | 105,722 |
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| resources | expended | in funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund | 1,944 | - | 1,944 |
| AB Charitable Trust |
30,000 | - | 30,000 |
| Meridian MoneyAdvice | 10,027 | (10,027) | - |
| Restricted funds | 41,971 | (10,027) | 31,944 |
| Royal Borough ofGreenwich | 410,784 | (404,921) | 5,863 |
| Groundwork London Clockhouse Advice Hub |
8,001 10,999 |
(8,001) (10,999) |
- - |
| 429,784 | (423,921) | 5,863 | |
| TOTALFUNDS | 471,755 | (433,948) | 37,807 |
FUNDS
The charitable company's funds are as follows:
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Comprising two restricted elements namely:
Voluntary and Community Sector Funding (VCS)
Core funding provision for the delivery of general services.
Advice Hubs funding
For the provision of immigration advice at community hubs, where service delivery is jointly performed by colleagues from the Council's Welfare Rights Team, Greenwich Housing Rights and Citizens Advice.
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Plumstead Community Law Centre Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.
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