# EAST LONDON COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1064266
- **Other names:** REFUGEE ADVICE CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 8, 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=1064266


## Contact

- **Address:** DAHIR COMMUNITY HOUSE, 702 HIGH ROAD LEYTON, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E10 6JP
- **Phone:** 02085581865
- **Email:** Finance.admin@elclas.org.uk
- **Website:** www.eastlondoncommunitylawservice.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES, MIGRANTS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESTRICTED INCOME WHO ARE RESIDENT IN GREATER LONDON BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES IN MATTERS OF ASYLUM, IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBTS, WELFARE BENEFITS, HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT; (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES.

**Activities:** 1.Provide free advice, information and representation to asylum seekers, refugees, migrants and others in matters of asylum, immigration, housing, debt ,welfare benefits, hate crime and domestic violence, education, training and employment.2. Low rate fee paying service in imigration is available for clients, who are not eligible for public funding.

**Area of benefit:** GREATER LONDON




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £41692 | £34282 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £34578 | £34710 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £29153 | £34241 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £32689 | £35802 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £63690 | £38955 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr QADIR BAKHSH MBE** (Chair)
- Clive Raymond Lucking — appointed Nov. 30, 2018
- Dr ABDUL QAYYUM SHEIKH
- Robert Frimeong Manso — appointed March 28, 2014
- SAID AWEYS — appointed Jan. 25, 2013