SUFFOLK LAW CENTRE

Registered charity 1176229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUFFOLK LAW CENTRE STEERING GROUP

To provide legal services to help the diverse communities of Suffolk to gain equal access to justice, to challenge disadvantage and inequality, and to understand their legal rights, obligations and protections.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN SUFFOLK AND EAST ANGLIA GENERALLY AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE (INCLUDING WITHIN HER MAJESTY’S PRISONS), BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION AND INFORMATION WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ipswich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £84,967 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a decrease in income to £328,274 against expenditure of £413,241. Per the trustees' report, free reserves held for general purposes amounted to £62,046, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £130,000. The charity remains dependent on grant funding to achieve its objectives.

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.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Gareth Howell Thomaschair
• Andrew James Donnelly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carole Ann Parry-Jones LLB Hons
• Codrutza Oros-Marsh
• Dr James Sandbach · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jemma Anne Jones
• Monica Ruth Kurnatowska
• Samantha Jane Katheryn Gallagher
• Stevan Harry Stratton

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• NORFOLK COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE LIMITED income £1.4m
• HARROW LAW CENTRE income £1.0m
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Side by side with its peers

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