NORTH EAST LAW CENTRE

Registered charity 1105937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BENWELL COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE LTD, BENWELL COMMUNITY LAW PROJECT LIMITED, NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE, NEWCASTLE LAW CENTRE LIMITED

Newcastle Law Centre was established in 1978 to promote access to legal justice and promote social justice and serve the needs of traditionally oppressed groups and those whose access to the legal system is restricted. The Law Centre seeks to achieve this by employing a variety of methods of work, including individual casework and advice work, training , and provision of meeting place facilities.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £276,512, representing just over three months of total expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £9,585, driven by a deficit in unrestricted funds offset by a surplus in restricted funds. The trustees note that reserves are becoming challenged by pressures on funders and an unpredictable grant environment.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles John Whittlechair
• Dafni Lima
• Katherine Flounders
• Kimberley Jane Proud
• Maximilien Tse
• Professor Peter Hopkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Cockburn
• Victoria Shoesmith

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORFOLK COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE LIMITED.

• NORFOLK COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE LIMITED income £1.4m
• LAW CENTRES FEDERATION income £1.1m
• GREATER MANCHESTER LAW CENTRE income £603k
• BRISTOL LAW CENTRE income £1.5m
• CENTRAL ENGLAND LAW CENTRE LIMITED income £4.2m
• NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD income £175k

Side by side with its peers

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