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.
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
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
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £62k; policy: approximately £130,000)
“At the 31 March 2025, the free reserves held for general purposes amounted to £62,046 (2024: £110,907).” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- 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
Common questions
Is SUFFOLK LAW CENTRE financially healthy?
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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SUFFOLK LAW CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SUFFOLK LAW CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED, THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION, The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement.
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