SOUTH WESTMINSTER LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE CIO

Registered charity 1180716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of free legal advice to people on low incomes

Objects

TO HOLD THE FUNDS OF THE CIO TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS, THOSE BEING FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR PERSONS IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THOSE BEING RESIDENT IN OR EMPLOYED IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER BY PROVIDING TO SUCH PERSONS LEGAL SERVICES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER WHICH THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANSAND WITHOUT WISHING TO RESTRICT THE GENERAL TERMS OF THE WORDS "LEGAL SERVICES" AS USED ABOVE, THESE SERVICES MAY INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH:(1) ANY CONTENTIOUS OR NON-CONTENTIOUS LEGAL WORK OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING THE PROSECUTION OF, OR DEFENCE OF ANY CIVIL OR FAMILY OR CRIMINAL CAUSES, CLAIMS OR INTERESTS (INCLUDING THE CHALLENGE OF EXECUTIVE ACTION) IN ANY COURT, TRIBUNAL, ARBITRATION, OR OTHER PLACE SET UP FOR THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES, AND ANY APPEALS FROM ANY SUCH DECISIONS; AND(2) ANY PROBLEMS CAUSED BY OR AS A RESULT OF DEBT, SICKNESS, POOR HOUSING, LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT, LOW INCOME, MATRIMONIAL BREAKDOWN, DISCRIMINATION, FAILURE TO OBTAIN WELFARE OR OTHER STATE ALLOWANCES OR BENEFITS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, FAILURE TO OBTAIN THE FULL AMOUNT TO WHICH SUCH PERSONS MAY BE ENTITLED, OR CLAIMS OR CLAWBACKS OF SUCH ALLOWANCES OR BENEFITS.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £23,228 for the year, with total income of £47,275 and expenditure of £24,047. Net current assets stood at £118,634, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity holds no employees and relies on volunteers and donations.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Walfordchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Harvey Fernando Trovalusci
• Anita Anne George
• Anne Sarah Clover
• Christopher James White
• Jennifer Anne Ison
• Nikhil Harry DSouza
• ROBERT OAKLEY WALTERS
• Richard Charles Eaton

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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