NORFOLK COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1069066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NDLS LIMITED, NORFOLK COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE

Increase the access to justice for the people of Norfolk by providing free advice, assistance and representation in all areas of social welfare law, including debt, employment, family courts, domestic abuse, immigration, welfare benefits and discrimination.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £6,936 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £777,119. The trustees' report indicates that revenue reserves of £372,001 were maintained within the established policy target of three to four months of estimated annual expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cunninghams Statutory Auditors. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from Over £60,000 (FY2024) to more than £60,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03524607

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Community Fund — “Norfolk Community Law Service (NCLS) has been awarded £499k over 5 years by National Lottery Community Fund, to run its…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BROWN, Rosamunde Margaret — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• COX, Cassandra Clare — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• HUNTER, Jade — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• LAMB, Norman Peter — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• HARRIS, Laurence Mark — director, appointed 31/07/2024on trustee list
• RODZIEWICZ, Janka Dorothy, Dr — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
• TOUSSAINT-JACKSON, Helen Frances — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
• ZAKARIA, Aqmar Batrisyia Binti — director, appointed 30/03/2022on trustee list
• HIGGS, Rachel Jane — director, appointed 26/01/2022on trustee list
• NEWELL, Naomi Claire — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
• DAVENPORT, Sally Fiona — director, appointed 21/08/2019on trustee list
• BUTLER, David John — director, appointed 16/01/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aqmar Batrisyia Binti Zakaria
• Cassandra Clare Cox · trustee of 1 other charity
• David John Butler
• Helen Frances Toussaint-Jackson
• Jade Hunter
• Janka Dorothy Rodziewicz
• Laurence Harris
• Naomi Claire Newell
• Rachel Jane Higgs
• Rosamunde Margaret Brown
• Sally Fiona Davenport
• Sir Norman Peter Lamb

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE(NORTHAMPTON AND COUNTY).

• COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE(NORTHAMPTON AND COUNTY) income £1.4m
• NORFOLK CITIZENS ADVICE income £1.9m
• COMMUNITY ACTION NORFOLK income £559k
• COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE LTD income £4.2m
• NORFOLK COMMUNITY HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND income £192k
• NOTTINGHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.