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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

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

Latest income
£990k
Latest spending
£907k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £82,582 with unrestricted funds totaling £827,086. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves above its policy target of three months' operational costs, with £622,086 in unrestricted funds available for charitable objects.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Legal Aid Agency (89% of income)
“In 2024 -2025, these generated £884,433.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £827k)
“The plan is to have at least three-months' operational costs in unrestricted funds” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£990k
Total spending
£907k
Reserves (reported)
£827k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (89% 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).

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£990k£907k
31/03/2024£970k£655k
31/03/2023£635k£467k
31/03/2022£291k£315k
31/03/2021£213k£146k

Common questions

Is WILTSHIRE LAW CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £82,582 with unrestricted funds totaling £827,086. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves above its policy target of three months' operational costs, with £622,086 in unrestricted funds available for charitable objects. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WILTSHIRE LAW CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WILTSHIRE LAW CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON, THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATIONFY2022£80kSupporting development of the Law Centre through expanding its advice and representation to include housing and discrimination legal services.
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2023£56kGrants & Donations
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2021£45k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20kHuman Rights (particularly access to justice)
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDONFY2022£15kGrants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2024£225Grants

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust20/01/2022£20kA grant to Wiltshire Law Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2014£5kInstallation of a Case Management System for the first time