Company registration number: 01687570 Charity registration number: 290792 HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE (A company limited by guarantee) Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 ## **HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE** ## **Contents** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Reference and Administrative Details|1| |Trustees' Report|2| |Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities|3| |Independent Examiner's report|4| |Statement of Financial Activities|5| |Balance Sheet|6| |Notes to the Financial Statements|7| |Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025|11| Starline Accountancy Ltd For and Behalf of Starline Accountancy ltd 60 Union Street, Wednesbury, England WS10 7HB 12 December 2025 ## **HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE** ## **Reference and Administrative Details** |**Trustees**|Louie DI COSTANZO|Resigned on 09 December 2024|Resigned on 09 December 2024|Resigned on 09 December 2024| |---|---|---|---|---| ||John Anthony FROST|||| ||Roshan GHEI|||| ||Naser Mohammed ISSA|||| ||Stavriannie Valentina PETROU|||| ||Sadia SAMIT|||| ||Nazim SHAH|||| |**Secretary**|Sadia Samit|||| |**Company Registration Number**|01687570|||| |**Charity Registration Number**|290792|||| |**Registered office**|12 HAROLD AVENUE|||| ||HAYES|||| ||MIDDX|||| ||UB3 4QW|||| |Bankers|Lloyds Bank|||| ||3rd Floor|||| ||North Block St. Marys Court St. Mart|||| ||at Hill, London|||| ||EC3R 8NA|||| |**Independent Examiner**|Starline Accountancy Ltd|||| |**Office and Correspondence Address**|60 Union Street,|||| ||Wednesbury|||| ||England|||| ||WS10 7HB|||| 1 HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE Trustees. Report The Iiuslees, who are dire¢lots fortlE putw$e5 rf company law, present the annual repK)rt togelhei with I financial state￿nIS of the ch8ri1able c(Kn￿Y fort￿ year 8nd8d 31 March 2025. Objectives and activS1ies'. Objects and aim5'. The C￿1￿ provides legal advice assistance lo poor pers(x)s reS￿￿t orw(x*ing in West London and surfou￿1￿9 afyas including LL￿don B0roLvJ1￿ of Hillingdw, Hatrw, HounsFow, Eling, Brent and olhercounli85 outside LO[￿On inclLvJing SIOU￿, High Wycomb& and Aylesbury. The Law C8nlre also undertakes to CtrOFerale in education of resid8nls in the and ils operation and olv￿r matters. The Law Centr8 ¢an and d￿$ charge for S8rvlce8 provldad where approprkqte and dgpgndgnl on means. Public è8n8fi¢'. The Ituslees ¢onfirm that they have cotnplied with the wuiretnents of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard lo the public benefit guidance published by th8 Charity Commi5sicfi for England and Wales. Slwclure. wvemance and managewEnt'. Nature of governing dJcurrÉnt'. The charity is ¢onlidled by ils governiry docwnent, a deed of Irusl, arKJ ¢ortslitule$ a limited Gompany, limited by guatanl*, 8$ d8fin8d by t1￿ Comp8ni85 Act 2LKJ& Hlllirgdrm Law c￿tre was Sn¢orporaled on 17th December 1982 as a company limited by guarantee and governed by writt￿ MemLYaTrJum and Articles of Association. Recruitment and appointm8nl ef truste88.' twstees are app)Inled as set wl in the Articth of A$S￿latIon. OrganisationJ slwcture". Manag8m8nt CLYnmiltee rn88ting8 at which all trustees ar8 invited tak8 place at least six lin85 y8ar in accorda￿& with the Articles of Association. Sub Committee8 of the Management Ctsmmitlee which also includ8 members ol Staff. meet on a wular basis lo maintain the piin¢iVe a¢livilies of the Charity. ReLglionsl¥ps with rol8led partl95 The Law Cenl¥e is a member ofthe Law Centres Federation and Advi￿ UK. The annual repori was approved by the Iruslees of the charity on 12 De￿mIEr 2025 and signed on its behalf by.. NA -Tiuslee 1211212025 SHAH HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE statement of Trustees. Reponsibilities Tha tnJste6s (who are also dire¢tDonations and legacies
3
Income from investments
4
Charitable activities
5
Sales
Raising Funds
7
Net expenditure
Net Movement in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|**2025**
**£**
1,565
236
216,668
86,271
(327,851)|**2024**
**£**
50
428
214,937
88,168
(301,206)| |---|---|---| ||**(23,111)**
(23,111)
210,273
**187,162**|**2,377**
2,377
207,896| |||**210,273**| 5 HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE 8alance sheet as at 31 March 2025 2024 FIx8d assèts TarKJible assets 10 165.496 165,496 166,S49 cur￿￿t assets Stocks Debtors Cash at bank 8fKI in h8ryJ 45,654 15.611 19.437 80,702 41.436 28.667 111,882 Credltor5: amounts falllng due, 12 117,6571 132,0701 Nèt Curret)t A￿ets 63,fy15 79,812 Totsl a¥¥ets 1888 curront 228,541 246,361 Cr8dltors.' amounts falllng due after rnora than ono year Net As58ts 187.163 210,273 Unrestricted incoma fuMIs Unrèstrictad funds 13 187,162 210.273 Total fund8 187 162 210273 For the finandal year ending 30 April 2(Q4 the charity was entitled to exemption from ajdil undar section 477 of thè Comp8nies Act 2LK6 relating lo smdl companlas. Dir8Ctors' r&Sp￿sIbilIties.' The rn8[nt￿ have nol required the charily to obtain ￿ audit ol its accounts for the yvdr in question in a0ccfda￿e with S￿tiorI 476", The Directors acknowladgè their re$￿siti11t1es for complying with the requirem￿1$ of I Act wth respect to accounlir¥J records and the preparation of accounts. TIP56 ACC￿￿ntS have tse￿ preparpd in accotd8nca wlh the provisicns ap[A￿able to companies sut4'e¢t to th8 sma11 companles regme. financial staements on pages 5 to 9 were approved by tlp Tnjstees. aThJ aUthOris￿ fc n 18 Febrn￿ry 2025 and signed on their tehalf by.. Nazim Chaim)an of t￿ Trustees Approved by the Board on 12 D￿ernber 2025 ## **HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025** ## **1 Charity status** The charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in England, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £Nil towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation. These financial statements were authorised for issue by the trustees on 15 December 2025. ## **2 Summary of significant accounting policies** ## _**Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement**_ The charity opted to early adopt Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016 and have therefore not included a cash flow statement in these financial statements. ## _**Summary of dsiclosure exemptions**_ Hillingdon Law Centre meets the definition of a qualifying entity under FRS 102 and has therefore taken advantage of the disclosure exemptions available to it in respect of its separate financial statements, which are presented alongside the consolidated financial statements. Exemptions have been taken in relation to financial instruments, presentation of a cash flow statement, intra-group transactions and remuneration of key management personnel. ## _**Support costs**_ Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage. ## _**Governance costs**_ These include the costs attributable to the charity’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements, including audit, strategic management and trustees’s meetings and reimbursed expenses. ## _**Cash and cash equivalents**_ Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. ## _**Fund structure**_ Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees's discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity. |**3**
**Income from donations and legacies**
Donations and legacies:
Donations from individuals
**4**
**investment Income**
Income from investments
**5**
**Charitable activies**
Charitable activities - (EMPLOYMENT GRANT)
Charitable activities - (IMMIGRATION GRANT)
Charitable activities - (LAA Income)
Charitable activities - (Unrestricted Grants)|**2025**
**£**
1,565
1,565
**2025**
**£**
236
236
**2025**
**£**
90,752
27,600
69,316
29,000
216,668|**2024**
**£**
50| |---|---|---| |||50| |||**2024**
**£**
428| |||428| |||**2024**
**£**
88,502
50,600
53,835
22,000| |||214,937| 7 |**6**
**Expenditure on raising funds**
Allocated support costs
**7**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**|**2025**
**£**
11,007
11,007
**2025**
**£**
332,069|**2024**
**£**
14,063| |---|---|---| |||14,063| |||**2024**
**£**| |||314,157| **8 Trustees remuneration and expenses** No Trustees received remuneration during the year 2025 (or 2025) ## **9 Staff costs** |**9**
**Staff costs**
Wages and salaries
**Average number of employees during the year**
**10**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**buildings**
_At cost_
**£**
**Cost or valuation**
B/fwd
162,852
Additions
-
Surplus on revaluation
-
Transfers (to)/from investment property
-
Disposals
-
C/fwd
162,852
**Depreciation**
B/fwd
-
Charge for the year
-
Surplus on revaluation
-
Transfers (to)/from investment property
-
On disposals
-
C/fwd
-
**Carrying amount**
C/fwd
162,852
B/fwd
162,852
**Tangible fixed assets previous year**
**buildings**
_At cost_
**£**
**Cost or valuation**
B/fwd
162,852
Additions
-
Revaluation
-
Transfers (to)/from investment property
-
Disposals
-
C/fwd
162,852|**9**
**Staff costs**
Wages and salaries
**Average number of employees during the year**
**10**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**buildings**
_At cost_
**£**
**Cost or valuation**
B/fwd
162,852
Additions
-
Surplus on revaluation
-
Transfers (to)/from investment property
-
Disposals
-
C/fwd
162,852
**Depreciation**
B/fwd
-
Charge for the year
-
Surplus on revaluation
-
Transfers (to)/from investment property
-
On disposals
-
C/fwd
-
**Carrying amount**
C/fwd
162,852
B/fwd
162,852
**Tangible fixed assets previous year**
**buildings**
_At cost_
**£**
**Cost or valuation**
B/fwd
162,852
Additions
-
Revaluation
-
Transfers (to)/from investment property
-
Disposals
-
C/fwd
162,852|**machinery**
_At cost_
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**2025**
**£**
244,900
244,900
**Number**
8
**and equipment**
_At cost_
**£**
38,923
-
-
-
-
38,923
35,227
1,052
-
-
-
36,279|**2024**
**£**
247,931| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||247,931| |||||**Number**| |||||8| |||||**Total**
**£**
201,775
-
-
-
-| |||||201,775| |||||35,227
1,052
-
-
-| |||||36,279| ||162,852
162,852|-
-|2,644
3,696|165,496| |||||166,548| ||**buildings**
_At cost_
**£**
162,852
-
-
-
-
162,852|**machinery**
_At cost_
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-|**and equipment**
_At cost_
**£**
36,219
2,705
-
-
-
38,924|**Total**
**£**
199,071
2,705
-
-
-| |||||201,776| **Depreciation** 08 |B/fwd
Charge for the year
Revaluation
Transfers (to)/from investment property
On disposals
C/fwd
Carrying amount
**Cost or valuation**
At 1 April 2024
Additions
Revaluation
Disposals
At 31 March 2025
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2024
Charge for the year
Revaluation
On disposals
At 31 March 2025
**Carrying amount**
At 31 March 2025
At 1 April 2024
**11**
**Cash and cash equivalents**
**12**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within on**
Other taxes and social security costs
Other creditors
**13**
**Funds**
Unrestricted funds
General
Unrestricted funds
General
**14**
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets|-
-
-
-
-
-|-
-
-
-
-
-|33,932
1,295
-
-
-
35,227|33,932
1,295
-
-
-| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||35,227| ||162,852|-|3,697|166,549| ||**e year**
Balance at 1
April 2024
210,273|Incoming
resources
304,740|**2025**
**£**
19,437
**2025**
**£**
17,657
-
17,657
Resources
expended
210,273
327,851|**and equipment**
_At cost_
**£**
38,923
-
-
-| |||||38,923| |||||35,227
1,052
-
-| |||||36,279| |||||2,644| |||||3,696| |||||**2024**
**£**| |||||41,779| |||||**2024**
**£**
15,505
16,565| |||||32,070| |||||Balance at 31
Mar-25
187,162| ||Balance at 1
April 2023
207,896|Incoming
resources
303,583|Resources
expended
301,206|Balance at 31
Mar-24
210,273| ||||**2025**
**£**
80,702
(59,035)
21,667|**2024**
**£**
111,882
(68,158)| |||||43,724| 09 ## **15 Presentation currency** The financial statements are presented in Sterling. 10 ## **HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE** ## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025** |**Donations and legacies**
Donations
**Charitable activies**
Charitable activities - (EMPLOYMENT GRANT)
Charitable activities - (IMMIGRATION GRANT)
Charitable activities - (LAA Income)
Charitable activities - (Unrestricted Grants)
**Sale**
Sale
**Distribution costs**
Distribution costs - Stock
**Raising funds**
Employee costs:
Wages and salaries
Pensions
Employer's NI
Volunteer Expenses
Staff training and welfare
Travel and subsistence
Premises costs:
Rates
Light and heat
Telephone and internet
Postage
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Insurance
Equipment hire
Software
Repairs and maintenance
Depreciation
Sundry expenses
Legal and professional costs:
Accountancy fees
Other legal and professional|**2025**
**£**
(90,752)
(27,600)
(69,316)
(29,000)
**(216,668)**
(1,565)|**2024**
**£**
(50)| |---|---|---| |||(88,502)
(50,600)
(53,835)
(22,000)| |||**(214,937)**| ||(86,271)
**(86,271)**|(88,168)| |||**(88,168)**| ||(4,218)
**(4,218)**
244,900
5,756
23,550
6,801
574
588|(12,951)| |||**(12,951)**| |||247,931
5,817
18,440
4,774
1,771
598| ||**282,169**
293
875
**1,168**
10,122
178
732
9,652
167
8,709
1,263
4,141
1,056
1,052
-
**37,072**
10,840
820
**11,660**|**279,331**| |||308
3,497| |||**3,805**| |||7,363
205
1,197
2,071
223
1,896
535
1,571
-
1,295
712| |||**17,068**| |||13,840
113| |||**13,953**| |||| ||**332,069**|**314,157**| 11