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Community Advice And Law Service LTD

Community Law Service (Leicester & County), Leicester Money Advice LTD, Leicester Community Advice and Law Centre

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1087214
Status
Registered
Registered
June 28, 2001
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Epic House
1 Lower Hill Street
LEICESTER
LE1 3SH

Activities

Community Advice and Law Service, trading as Leicester Community Advice and Law Centre, provides an independent specialist legal advice service in social welfare law including debt, housing, welfare benefits and immigration. We also provide financial capability support through the Moneywise Living project, energy advice and generalist advice at Foodbanks.

Objects: 3.1 To relieve persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress and who are resident in England and Wales, hereinafter referred to as the “area of benefit”, through the provision of legal and related advice, assistance and representation.3.2 To advance the education of the public by the improvement and diffusion of knowledge of the law and the practice of the law and the administration of justice, having regard especially to those areas of the law which are of particular concern to people experiencing financial hardship or other forms of distress in the area of benefit.3.3 The advancement of such other charitable purposes as are beneficial to the community for persons resident in the area of benefit.3.4 In meeting the objects set out at (3.1), (3.2) and (3.3) above always to satisfy the public benefit requirement under the Charities Act 2011.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Derbyshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £4,171,978 £4,151,129 £839,565 42
March 31, 2024 £4,361,663 £4,090,390 £818,716 40
March 31, 2023 £4,073,216 £4,041,340 £547,443 34
March 31, 2022 £4,253,912 £4,113,217 £515,567 44
March 31, 2021 £4,128,190 £3,995,936 £374,872 38

Trustees

Name Appointed
Brett Bernard Koenig Nov. 22, 2023
Hannah Louise Fountain May 27, 2020
Lord William Stephen Goulden BACH Nov. 22, 2023
Mr Jim Munton May 14, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Collier Feb. 7, 2022
Matthew Olner Nov. 20, 2024
Rebecca Jane Nixon Feb. 24, 2021
Vera Williams Feb. 19, 2025