THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE)
Registered charity 1061182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £174,054 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £547,181. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and believe the current reserves provide a sound base for future activity, noting that unrestricted free reserves cover running costs for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of support and governance costs (held: £547k)
“The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves that will provide sufficient funds to cover at least 3 months’ support and governance costs, but the trustees are aiming for reserves to eventually reach 6 months’ support and governance costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Eddie Coppinger — CEO (source)
- Lizzie Twigger — Chair (source)
- Jennie Graham — Operations Director (source)
- Shah Begum — Projects Director (source)
- Elizabeth Davey — Projects Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£44k
Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- SALLY ELIZABETH TWIGGERchair
- ALEX HUTTON
- Ali Ahmed
- Boin Cheong
- CHARLES HENRY BENNETT
- FOYEZ AHMED RAHIM
- Jemma Thorogood
- MAZIDUR RAHMAN
- Philippa O'Malley
- Rachel Morris
- Robert James WHEAL
- SHALINA RAHMAN
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £174,054 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £547,181. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and believe the current reserves provide a sound base for future activity, noting that unrestricted free reserves cover running costs for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.
Who funds THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE) as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUST.
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