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Govan Law Centre

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC047423
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Feb. 13, 2026. Filing history
Registered
May 17, 2017
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
18-20 Orkney Street
Glasgow
G51 2BX

Contact

Website
govanlc.blogspot.co.uk
Screenshot of the Govan Law Centre website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the promotion of equality and diversity'

Out aim is to use access to legal education, guidance, advice, and representation to tackle unmet legal need, discrimination and poverty in Scotland. The majority of the services are free at the point of delivery and we are able to sustain this business model through dedicated funding and reinvesting of generated income to cross-subsidise free legal services to vulnerable clients with unmet legal needs.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The organisation's purposes are: (a) To prevent and relieve poverty by increasing the availability of, and facilitating access to, legal advice, assistance and representation geared to the special needs of persons who are in a state of poverty, or at risk of poverty, where such advice, assistance and representation could not readily be obtained by such persons elsewhere. (b) To promote equality and diversity, and advance human rights through the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation to persons in need of assistance, where such legal advice, assistance and representation could not readily be obtained by such persons elsewhere. (c) To advance education and in particular, to increase knowledge and awareness of the law in the fields of housing, homelessness, social security, personal debt, consumer matters, equal opportunities, human rights, public law, rights of victims of crime or accidents, employment, disability, community care, mental health, children and social work, and all other fields in relation to which there appears, in the opinion of the Charity Trustees, to be a general knowledge and awareness of the law.

Geography

Main operating location
Glasgow City
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2026 Due Dec. 31, 2026 £0 £0 27
March 31, 2025 Feb. 13, 202644 days late £1,081,625 £1,272,161 27
March 31, 2024 Dec. 17, 2024On time £1,072,990 £1,030,567 23
March 31, 2023 Sept. 14, 2023On time £1,170,630 £1,070,142 27
March 31, 2022 Sept. 30, 2022On time £1,136,608 £1,061,504 27
March 31, 2021 Sept. 2, 2021 £1,048,276 £1,054,522 28

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.