WILTSHIRE LAW CENTRE

Registered charity 1000950 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Southern England Law Centre

Provides free legal advice in housing, debt, and welfare benefits

Objects

The Charity?s objects (?Objects?) are the relief of poverty, suffering, and distress among persons resident, studying, or working in England and Wales, in particular, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, and the surrounding areas by:? The provision of legal services that could not otherwise be obtained because of a lack of means.? The education of beneficiaries on their legal rights and responsibilities and on the operation of the law and legal system.The Advancement of other such charitable purposes as are beneficial, including the support and assistance to community groups for persons resident or working in the designated area.The undertaking of legal research for the benefit of persons resident, studying or working in the designated area, and publishing the useful results of that research.

Area of benefit: SWINDON AND ITS ENVIRONS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £180,139 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily due to reduced billing from Legal Aid following a cyber-attack. Despite this, the charity maintains unrestricted funds of £652,665, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of three months' operational costs. The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southern England Law Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Angus Allanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Mark Dibley
• Gordon Forbes Robertson
• Marcel Chijioke Nwoye
• Michelle Louise Ferris
• Nicholas Charles Edward St John Mellis
• Richard Peter Complin Hazell
• William Adam Johnson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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