# THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1061182
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 7, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1061182


## Contact

- **Address:** 104 ROMAN ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E2 0RN
- **Phone:** 02089804205
- **Email:** admin@legaladvicecentre.org.uk
- **Website:** www.legaladvicecentre.london



## Activities

**Objects:** I) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY PERSONS IN THE EAST END OF LONDON (NAMELY THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND THE AREAS OF HACKNEY AND STOKE NEWINGTON OR ELSEWHERE WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES), AND IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT AND ANCILLARY THERETO TO INSTITUTE CONDUCT AND DEFEND ANY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL OR FOR ANY PURPOSES OR IN ANY OTHER FORUM IN WHICH LEGAL ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON BEHALF OF PERSONS SEEKING THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CHARITY; AND (II) FOR THAT PURPOSE TO CARRY ON THE ACTIVITIES HITHERTO CARRIED ON BY THE CHARITABLE TRUST COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE (UNIVERSITY HOUSE) AND TO RECEIVE SUCH ASSETS AS MAY BE MADE OVER TO IT BY SUCH CHARITABLE TRUST AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE ON SUCH TERMS AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY SHALL THINK FIT.

**Activities:** Provides advocacy/advice/information

**Area of benefit:** EAST END OF LONDON (TOWER HAMLETS AND HACKNEY AND STOKE NEWINGTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS)




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1096420 | £922366 | £547181 | 18 |
| March 31, 2024 | £926686 | £873979 | £373127 | 16 |
| March 31, 2023 | £775260 | £677201 | £320419 | 15 |
| March 31, 2022 | £711267 | £708700 | £219794 | 18 |
| March 31, 2021 | £731376 | £591147 | £219794 | 15 |



## Trustees

- **SALLY ELIZABETH TWIGGER** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 16, 2014
- ALEX HUTTON
- Ali Ahmed — appointed Oct. 31, 2022
- Boin Cheong — appointed Jan. 13, 2020
- CHARLES HENRY BENNETT
- FOYEZ AHMED RAHIM — appointed Sept. 25, 2014
- Jemma Thorogood — appointed July 27, 2016
- MAZIDUR RAHMAN — appointed Jan. 15, 2014
- Philippa O'Malley — appointed Sept. 9, 2023
- Rachel Morris — appointed March 4, 2019
- Robert James WHEAL — appointed April 30, 2020
- SHALINA RAHMAN — appointed April 30, 2018