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2021-03-31-accounts

Company number: 03324062

Charity number: 1061182

The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Report and financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

The Legal Advice Centre (University House) Contents For the year ended 31 March 2021

Page
Reference and administrative information 1
Trustees’ annual report 2 - 6
Independent examiner’s report 7
Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account) 8
Balance sheet 9
Statement of cash flows 10
Notes to the financial statements 11 - 17

The Legal Advice Centre (University House) Reference and administrative information

For the year ended 31 March 2021

Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: Charles Henry Bennett (Chair) Sally Elizabeth Twigger Alexander Hutton Joannie Ann Andrews Boin Cheong Shalina Rahman Foyez Ahmed Rahim (Secretary) Mazidur Rahman Jemma Louise Thorogood Martin Steven Griffiths (Treasurer) Rachel Morris Robert Wheal (Appointed on 30 April 2020) Sir Robin John Knowles, CBE (resigned on 18 August 2020) Company number 03324062 Charity number 1061182 Registered office 104 Roman Road Bethnal Green London E2 0RN

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The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31 March2021

The trustees, who are also directors under company law, present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021. The trustees confirm that the financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Purposes and aims

The Charity’s objectives are:

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have read, understood and adhere to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

A great deal of our work is project based. Amongst our projects are the following:

Special Support Project

This project aims to define a new model of advice and advocacy for our users with complex health and social needs. Some of our users repeatedly call upon services such as ours for help on a wide range of matters. Through this project we provide front-loaded support to targeted individuals over a number of months, in order to help resolve problems which contribute to them reaching crisis point on a regular basis.

Advocacy Project

This project is based around volunteer law students and pro bono minded lawyers. Through the project we are supporting appointed ‘advocates’ to undertake disability appeal casework and to provide advocacy at Welfare Tribunal appeals. Our work in this area has really expanded. We now take on more disability benefit appeals than any other NGO in England & Wales. We also now accept referrals under this project from Cornwall and Devon.

The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31 March2021

Disability Employment Law Project

The overall aim of this project is to promote and protect the rights of disabled people in the workplace. The work is focused on early intervention in order to prevent an employed disabled person from becoming unemployed and subject to potentially a life on state benefits.

Family Law Clinic

Our Family Law Clinic is a twice-weekly clinic with a focus on domestic violence. The clinic is a collaboration between ourselves and a number of international law firms. Typical casework includes helping DV victims obtain non-molestation orders.

Housing Clinic

This clinic was set up in order to help with the growing housing crisis in London. It is a weekly morning clinic to reflect the working patterns of the three USA law firms who are providing volunteers lawyers to staff the clinic. As part of an extension to our Thursday morning housing clinic, we now undertake ‘hate-crime’ casework to a specialist level, which can involve seeking orders under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.

Medico-Legal Partnership Project

In recent years, there has been the development by GPs and other clinical staff of what is commonly now known as Social Prescribing, whereby patients can be referred to non-clinical sources of support within the community. Whilst this work is of real benefit there is now a growing need to provide community-based medical practitioners with more potent tools to help combat systemic discrimination of the unwell within our society. We have established a legal clinic providing free specialist employment law advice in a health setting. Outcomes are very encouraging and are demonstrating the benefits of early expert legal advice.

West Country ‘Webcam’ Clinic

Our webcam advice clinic in Falmouth is now entering its third year of operation. This is part of a wider initiative to provide access to advice to the many ‘advice deserts’ in the UK. The bulk of the advice is provided directly by our own lawyers. In addition to our work in Falmouth, we are developing a number of projects around webcam based services. As part of this work we have developed our own webcam platform, which will help pro bono minded lawyers and law students to remotely take part in access to justice projects with us.

On the 5[th] November 2018 we went “live” with our webcam ‘family law duty desk’, at Truro Combined Courts. This duty desk provides assistance with section 8 private child arrangement cases and DV. On the 15[th] October 2019 we went “live” with a similar duty desk at Bodmin Combined Courts. In December 2019, in partnership with Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, we went “live” with a webcam Family Law Clinic hosted by Plymouth Citizens Advice.

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The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31 March2021

Legal Expenses Insurance (LEI)

Since 2012, we have developed work around legal expenses insurance (LEI) in order to help fund tribunal and court work. Quite often our users do not know that they have such cover. At first contact, we have changed our protocols to establish whether users can take advantage of any insurance and financial products which contain LEI.

Our work and thinking around LEI has developed, and we are in contact with a large number of stakeholders in order to take this work forward. We believe micro-insurance (including a stripped down version of LEI) should play a key role in helping to develop community resilience, and should also form a key part of antipoverty work.

The SQE and the Apprenticeship Levy

The SQE pathway to becoming a solicitor starts from September 2021, although law schools are taking on SQE students from September 2020 knowing that the assessment framework is coming. The BPP law school confirmed that the SQE can be packaged as an apprenticeship. This, together with the recent rule changes to the Apprenticeship Levy provide opportunities for commercial law firms to, in effect, donate a proportion of their Levy to fund apprenticeships/fellowships in the advice sector.

In September 2020 and January 2021, we welcomed our first new University House Fellows. The Fellows, six in total, will be undertaking solicitor apprenticeships in partnership with BPP. This is based on the new SQE1 and SQE2 pathway to becoming a solicitor. We have employed three directly (all were former volunteers), and we are supporting the other three remotely. This initiative is linked to our Advice Portal, and both projects are part of our efforts to help address the skills shortage in our sector. In addition to training as solicitors, the Fellows will also undertake projects which focus on access to justice issues. We want to thank several corporate partners for helping to make this possible through their donations of Apprenticeship Levy.

Pro Bono Consultancy

Through our engagement with corporate law firms it is clear to us that their knowledge of what is possible concerning pro bono, and the political and social context to such work is quite variable. In response to this we are able to offer consultancy support to corporate law firms to assist their engagement with pro bono. This support may also be appreciated by firms who have fairly established CSR/Pro Bono programmes, but who require support at any given time to help establish a project or to undertake a particular piece of work.

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The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31 March2021

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Results for year ended 31 March 2021 are given in the Statement of Financial Activities. The assets and liabilities are given in the Balance Sheet. The financial statements should be read in conjunction with the related notes. The trustees regard the financial position of the charity at 31 March 2021 to be satisfactory and they are content that the current unrestricted reserves position leaves it with a sound base from which future activity can be built.

In summary, total income amounted to £731,376 (2020: £625,154) and total expenditure amounted to £591,147(2020: £614,776) resulting in net surplus of £140,229 (2020: £10,378). Full details of income and expenditure are set out in notes to the financial statements.

Reserve policy

The charity is currently dependent on donation income in order to maintain its core activities. Earned income alone would not allow it to continue operating. Following risk analysis, the trustees consider that there is a moderate risk of a need for reserves for the organisation as well as the potential of other operational risks, based on challenges in the wider policy context.

The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves that will provide sufficient funds to cover 3 months’ support and governance costs. Unrestricted free reserves at the end of this period covers these running costs for the foreseeable future.

STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES

The trustees (who are also directors of charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

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The Legal Advice Centre (Unlversity House) Trustees, Annual Report For the year ended 31 March2021 The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that dlsclos8 with reasonable accuracy at any lime the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financlal statements comply with th8 Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other I￿¢9￿lant[es. The trusle8s are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of thè corporate and financial infomiation included on the charitable CoMpan￿S website. Legislalion in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements May differ from legislation in other juri$di¢tion8. Members of the charity guaranl&e to contribute an amount not 8xceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees al 31 March 2021 was £12 {2020.' £121. The Iruslees are members of the charity but thls entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees hava no beneficial Interest In the charity. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provlslons applicable to companles sublecl to the small Companies. regime. The trustees, annual report has been approved by the Iru8tee8 on Monday 20th Soptombor 2021 and signed on Ihelr behalf by. Charl6s Bennett- Tru$lo0

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

For the year ended 31 March 2021

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Legal Advice Centre (University House) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

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, I 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 I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT

Since the Company’s gross income exceeded £250,000, I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the ICAEW, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  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

  4. 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).

I 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.

……………………………….…

Aamer Shehzad FCCA FCA

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The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2021

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2021 2020
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
Note £ £ £ £ £ £
Income from:
Donations and grants 2 206,749 507,354 714,103 137,976 450,274 588,250
Other trading activities 3 17,273 - 17,273 36,904 - 36,904
Total income 224,022 507,354 731,376 174,880 450,274 625,154
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 5 30,625 - 30,625 - - -
Charitable activities 5 42,093 518,429 560,522 175,577 439,199 614,776
Total expenditure 72,718 518,429 591,147 175,577 439,199 614,776
Net income/ (expenditure)
for the year 6 151,304 (11,075) 140,229 (697) 11,075 10,378
Net movement in funds 15 151,304 (11,075) 140,229 (697) 11,075 10,378
Reconciliation of funds:
-
Total funds brought forward 68,490 11,075 79,565 69,187 69,187
Total funds carried forward 219,794 - 219,794 68,490 11,075 79,565
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All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above.

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The Legal Advlce Centr• {Unlverslty House) 8alanco sheet Company no. 03324062 As at 31 March 2021 2021 2020 Not• Flx?d 43$9t¥: Tangible assets 11 6,279 2.655 Current ass•ts: Debtors Cash at bank and In hand 12 24.007 65,790 299,069 308.617 89,797 Ll4bllltl••: Cr•dbtor•: amounts falling due ¢hln one year 13 (95,102} 112.8871 N•t curr•nt ass•ts 213,515 76.910 Total not a••th• 219,794 79,565 Th• fund8 of th• ¢harlty: R6stricled funds Unr8Strlcted funds: General funds 15 11,075 219,794 08.490 Total ch•rlty fund• 219,794 79.S85 For tho year ended 31 March 2021 the charilabl8 company was entiued to exemption undor section 477 01 the Companl•s Acl 2006 r•latlno to 8mall eompanios. No mgmbars h8vg r8quir&d th8 company lo obl8ln an o(Mlll of its occounts for Ihe yoar In qu08tion In accordance wth section 476 01 the Companies Act 2006. The directors aCknO￿edge their respon8lbililies for complying thè rnquim)&nts ol the Companles Act 2006 wlth respect to oc¢ountin9 fgcord$ and prep8ratlon o18ccounts. Th8 fin8ncial stat•m•nts havo b88n prep8rod In accordanrkn with Ihe sperial provisions applicatle to companies Subject to the small companies regime. Approved by the Irus¢ets$ on 20th S•pl•mbor 2021 and Signed on their bohall by- Charles Bonnett Trust•0 The attached nol08 fomi part of tho fin8no81 ststements.

The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 March 2021

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Note 2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities a 241,878 (26,539)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets (8,599) (1,641)
Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities (8,599) (1,641)
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year b 233,279 (28,180)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 65,790 93,970
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 299,069 65,790
a) Reconciliation of net income / (expenditure) to
net cash flow from operating activities 2021 2019
£ £
Net income / (expenditure) for the year 140,229 10,378
(as per the statement of financial activities)
Depreciation 4,975 2,110
Increase in debtors 14,459 (20,569)
Increase/ (decrease) in creditors 82,215 (18,458)
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities 241,878 (26,539)
b) Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
At
At 1 April Cash 31 March
2020 flows 2021
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 65,790 233,279 299,069
Total cash and cash equivalents 65,790 233,279 299,069
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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

1 Accounting policies

Statutory information

The Legal Advice Centre (University House) is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office address is 104 Roman Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0RN.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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) - (Charities SORP FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.

Public benefit entity

The charitable company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Fund accounting

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.

Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable purposes.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of providing legal advice and assistance undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs.

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The Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

1 Accounting policies (continued)

Tangible fixed assets

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £500. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Fixtures and fittings Straight line over 3 years Computer equipment Straight line over 3 years

Allocation of support costs

Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. However, the cost of overall direction and administration of each activity, comprising the salary and overhead costs of the central function, is apportioned on basis of staff time.

Operating leases

Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. Cash balances exclude any funds held on behalf of service users.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Pensions

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

2 Income from donations and grants

Unrestricted
£
AB Charitable Trust
15,000
Baker and Mckenzie
20,000
Big Lottery
-
Charles Russell Speechlys
10,000
City Bridge Trust
-
Clifford Chance LLP
25,000
Dechert LLP
3,000
East End Citizens Advice Bureau
-
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
3,834
Good Things Foundation
2,000
Latham & Watkins LLP
-
Legal Aid Agency
-
Legal Education Foundation
-
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
-
London Community Foundation
-
London Legal Support Trust
11,576
Reed Smith LLP
7,834
Ropes & Gray LLP
3,834
Royal Borough of Greenwich
-
Sherman and Sterling
9,668
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
3,834
SLaM NHS Trust
5,055
Slaughter and May
15,000
South Hackney Parochial
10,000
The Access to Justice Foundation
4,200
Travers Smith LLP
3,834
Trust for London
21,750
White & Case LLP
10,000
Other donations and grants
21,331
206,749
3
Unrestricted
£
17,273
17,273
Income from other trading activities
Consultancy and other income		 £
-
-
208,574
-
52,150
-
-
98,392
-
-
-
21,790
36,792
7,000
32,656
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
50,000
-
-
-
-
507,354
£
-
-
Restricted
Restricted		 2021
Total
£
15,000
20,000
208,574
10,000
52,150
25,000
3,000
98,392
3,834
2,000
-
21,790
36,792
7,000
32,656
11,576
7,834
3,834
-
9,668
3,834
5,055
15,000
10,000
54,200
3,834
21,750
10,000
21,331
714,103
2021
Total
£
17,273
17,273		 2020
Total
£
15,000
-
-
10,000
44,300
25,000
-
49,296
-
-
10,000
22,805
91,919
177,640
-
12,038
6,834
12,818
68,000
7,668
3,834
-
15,000
-
-
3,834
-
10,000
2,265
588,250
2020
Total
£
36,904
36,904

4 Local and Government and Housing Act 1989

The charity received financial assistance from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. As required by Section 37 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 the following information is given.

Amount of £7,000 (2020: £177,640 ) was received for provision of legal advice services.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

5 Analysis of expenditure

Staff costs (Note 7)
Partnership costs
Training & practicing Certificate
Books and subscriptions
Project & Event cost
Advertising & publicity
Other general office costs
Premises costs
Accountancy
Independent examination
Office supplies & refreshments
Travel costs
Depreciation
Support costs
Total expenditure 2021		 Cost of
raising
funds
£
27,476
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
27,476
3,149
30,625		 Charitable
activities
£
487,183
4,426
9,110
3,022
947
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
504,688
55,834
560,522		 Support
costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
175
8,036
37,259
6,669
900
969
-
4,975
58,983
(58,983)
-		 2021
Total
£
514,659
4,426
9,110
3,022
947
175
8,036
37,259
6,669
900
969
-
4,975
591,147
-
591,147		 2020
Total
£
430,797
116,633
2,812
3,043
14,327
-
8,295
27,839
4,695
900
1,754
1,573
2,108
614,776
-
614,776

Of the total expenditure, £72,718 was unrestricted (2020: £175,577) and £518,429 was restricted (2020: £439,199).

5b Analysis of expenditure - prior year

Staff costs (Note 7)
Partnership costs
Training & practicing Certificate
Books and subscriptions
Project & Event cost
Advertising & publicity
Other general office costs
Premises costs
Accountancy
Independent examination
Office food & refreshments
Travel costs
Depreciation
Support costs allocation
Total expenditure 2020		 Charitable
activities
£
430,797
116,633
2,812
3,043
14,327
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
567,612
47,164
614,776		 Support
costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,295
27,839
4,695
900
1,754
1,573
2,108
47,164
(47,164)
-		 2020
£
430,797
116,633
2,812
3,043
14,327
-
8,295
27,839
4,695
900
1,754
1,573
2,108
614,776
-
614,776

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

6 Net income/ (expenditure) for the year

This is stated after charging / crediting:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2021|2020| |£|£| |Independent examiner fee (excl VAT)|750|750| |Depreciation|4,975|2,110|

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7 Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel

Staff costs were as follows:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2021|2020| |£|£| |Salaries and wages|455,288|377,525| |Social security costs|41,755|35,797| |Employer’s contribution to defined contribution pension schemes|17,616|17,475| |514,659|430,797|

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No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2020: nil).

The total employee benefits including pension contributions and employer NI contribution of the key management personnel were £54,952 (2020: £41,482).

The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the year (2020: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2020: £nil).

8 Staff numbers

The average number of employees (head count based on number of staff employed) during the year was as follows:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2021|2020| |No.|No.| |Average staff|15|13|

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9 Related party transactions

There are no related party transactions to disclose for the year (2020: none).

10 Taxation

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

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Tangible fixed assets
Cost
At the start of the year
At the end of the year
Depreciation
At the start of the year
Charge for the year
At the end of the year
Net book value
At the end of the year
At the start of the year
12
Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments
Other debtors
13
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Accruals
Deferred income
Other creditors
Additions in year		 Fixtures and
fittings
£
1,078
1,010
2,088
719
696
1,415
673
359		 Computer
equipment
£
5,248
7,589
12,837
2,952
4,279
7,231
5,606
2,296
2021
£
8,257
614
677
9,548
2021
£
864
3,461
1,800
88,977
-
95,102		 Total
£
6,326
8,599
14,925
3,671
4,975
8,646
6,279
2,655
2020
£
18,257
5,750
-
24,007
2020
£
6,482
2,607
1,800
-
1,998
12,887

Deferred income comprises of grants received in advance for the next year.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

14 Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
Net assets at the end of the year
Analysis of net assets between funds (prior year)
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
Net assets at the end of the year
15
Movements in funds
At the start
of the year
£
Restricted funds
Access to Justice
-
Big Lottery
-
City Bridge
11,075
East End Citizens Advice Bureau
-
Legal Aid
Legal Education Foundation
-
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
-
London Community Foundation
-
Total restricted funds
11,075
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
68,490
Total funds
79,565
Movements in funds (prior year)
At the start
of the year
£
Restricted funds
-
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
69,187
Total funds
69,187		 Income
£
50,000
208,574
52,150
98,392
21,790
36,792
7,000
32,656
507,354
224,022
731,376
Income
£
450,274
174,880
625,154		 £
6,279
213,515
219,794
£
2,655
65,835
68,490
Expenditure
£
(50,000)
(208,574)
(63,225)
(98,392)
(21,790)
(36,792)
(7,000)
(32,656)
(518,429)
(72,718)
(591,147)
Expenditure
£
(439,199)
(175,577)
(614,776)
General
unrestricted
General
unrestricted		 Restricted
£
-
-
-
Restricted
£
-
11,075
11,075
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Transfers
£
-
-
-		 Total
funds
£
6,279
213,515
219,794
Total
funds
£
2,655
76,910
79,565
At the end
of the year
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
219,794
219,794
At the end
of the year
£
11,075
68,490
79,565

16 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital.

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