LEWISHAM MULTI LINGUAL ADVICE SERVICE

Registered charity 1094541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LMLAS

We provide an Advocacy & Advice Service covering welfare , housing & council tax benefits, debt ,housing, health, information, interpreting and translation services to people who speak little or no English, We also visit community organisations where we provide advice and information. We work with organisations to assist them in meeting the needs of their customers who speak little or no English.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE:-A. TO PROMOTE THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ANDB. TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON - LEWISHAM

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £945, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three months' running costs. Despite this low reserve position and a net expenditure deficit, the trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis due to secured funding extending to March 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04358319

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.

• SELLARS, Steve — director, appointed 01/09/2017on trustee list
• COULIBALY, Yasmine — secretary, appointed 05/12/2018

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steve Sellars
• Yasmine Coulibaly

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

Operates in: Bromley · Greenwich · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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