CENTRE FOR LEGAL AID ASSISTANCE AND SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 1141335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

WORK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP,TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS,GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND OR AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Objects

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS(OBJECTS)ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP,TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS,GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND,INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT PARTICULARLY AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING PERSECUTED AS A RESULT OF THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN SUCH PARTS OF PAKISTAN OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ealing, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased from £39,323 to £17,560 during the year, while total net assets fell from £45,854 to £23,805. The charity reported a net expenditure of £22,049 against incoming resources of £89,829, resulting in a reduction of its overall financial position. The trustees confirmed that the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/05/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nasir Saeedchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Akhiz GILL
• Niva Massey

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

Operates in: India · Pakistan · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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