SOUTH WESTMINSTER LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE CIO

Registered charity 1180716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£73k

Latest spending

£23k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £49,986 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £95,406. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity is run entirely by volunteers and had no employees during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Proceeds of fundraising event Donations received: Total income for the period” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two years operating expenditure (held: £95k)

“With the transfer from this year’s surplus, the former has been established at £60,000. This is considered to be equivalent to the likely level of two years operating expenditure for the foreseeable future.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£73k	£23k
31/12/2023	£29k	£27k
31/12/2022	£37k	£34k
31/12/2021	£25k	£13k
31/12/2020	£22k	£20k

Common questions

Is SOUTH WESTMINSTER LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £49,986 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £95,406. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity is run entirely by volunteers and had no employees during the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH WESTMINSTER LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH WESTMINSTER LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE CIO as a grant recipient include LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST, FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST, WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JOHN, WESTMINSTER.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST	FY2024	£10k
FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£4k
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY	FY2023	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JOHN, WESTMINSTER	FY2023	£700	Charities benefitting Westminster
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JOHN, WESTMINSTER	FY2022	£700	Charities benefitting Westminster
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JOHN, WESTMINSTER	FY2021	£650	Charities benefitting Westminster